useStepsForm

useStepsForm allows you to manage a form with multiple steps. It provides features such as which step is currently active, the ability to go to a specific step and validation when changing steps etc.

INFORMATION

useStepsForm hook is extended from useForm from the @pankod/refine-react-hook-form package. This means you can use all the features of useForm.

Basic Usage

We'll show two examples, one for creating and one for editing a post. Let's see how useStepsForm is used in both.

create
edit

Here is the final result of the form: We will explain the code in following sections.

localhost:3000/posts/create

Live previews only work with the latest documentation.

import { useSelect, HttpError } from "@pankod/refine-core";
import { useStepsForm } from "@pankod/refine-react-hook-form";

const stepTitles = ["Title", "Status", "Category and content"];

const PostCreatePage: React.FC = () => {
  const {
    refineCore: { onFinish, formLoading },
    register,
    handleSubmit,
    formState: { errors },
    steps: { currentStep, gotoStep },
  } = useStepsForm<IPost, HttpError, IPost>();

  const { options } = useSelect<ICategory, HttpError>({
    resource: "categories",
  });

  const renderFormByStep = (step: number) => {
    switch (step) {
      case 0:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Title: </label>
            <input
              {...register("title", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            />
            {errors.title && <span>{errors.title.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
      case 1:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Status: </label>
            <select {...register("status")}>
              <option value="published">published</option>
              <option value="draft">draft</option>
              <option value="rejected">rejected</option>
            </select>
          </>
        );
      case 2:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Category: </label>
            <select
              {...register("category.id", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            >
              {options?.map((category) => (
                <option key={category.value} value={category.value}>
                  {category.label}
                </option>
              ))}
            </select>
            {errors.category && <span>{errors.category.message}</span>}
            <br />
            <br />
            <label>Content: </label>
            <textarea
              {...register("content", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
              rows={10}
              cols={50}
            />
            {errors.content && <span>{errors.content.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
    }
  };

  if (formLoading) {
    return <div>Loading...</div>;
  }

  return (
    <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 16 }}>
      <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 36 }}>
        {stepTitles.map((title, index) => (
          <button
            key={index}
            onClick={() => gotoStep(index)}
            style={{
              backgroundColor: currentStep === index ? "lightgray" : "initial",
            }}
          >
            {index + 1} - {title}
          </button>
        ))}
      </div>
      <form autoComplete="off">{renderFormByStep(currentStep)}</form>
      <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
        {currentStep > 0 && (
          <button
            onClick={() => {
              gotoStep(currentStep - 1);
            }}
          >
            Previous
          </button>
        )}
        {currentStep < stepTitles.length - 1 && (
          <button
            onClick={() => {
              gotoStep(currentStep + 1);
            }}
          >
            Next
          </button>
        )}
        {currentStep === stepTitles.length - 1 && (
          <button onClick={handleSubmit(onFinish)}>Save</button>
        )}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};

interface ICategory {
  id: number;
  title: string;
}

interface IPost {
  id: number;
  title: string;
  content: string;
  status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
  category: {
    id: ICategory["id"];
  };
}

Here is the final result of the form: We will explain the code in following sections.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/123

Live previews only work with the latest documentation.

import { useSelect, HttpError } from "@pankod/refine-core";
import { useStepsForm } from "@pankod/refine-react-hook-form";

const stepTitles = ["Title", "Status", "Category and content"];

const PostEditPage: React.FC = () => {
  const {
    refineCore: { onFinish, formLoading, queryResult },
    register,
    handleSubmit,
    formState: { errors },
    steps: { currentStep, gotoStep },
  } = useStepsForm<IPost, HttpError, IPost>();

  const { options } = useSelect<ICategory, HttpError>({
    resource: "categories",
    defaultValue: queryResult?.data?.data.category.id,
  });

  const renderFormByStep = (step: number) => {
    switch (step) {
      case 0:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Title: </label>
            <input
              {...register("title", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            />
            {errors.title && <span>{errors.title.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
      case 1:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Status: </label>
            <select {...register("status")}>
              <option value="published">published</option>
              <option value="draft">draft</option>
              <option value="rejected">rejected</option>
            </select>
          </>
        );
      case 2:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Category: </label>
            <select
              {...register("category.id", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
              defaultValue={queryResult?.data?.data.category.id}
            >
              {options?.map((category) => (
                <option key={category.value} value={category.value}>
                  {category.label}
                </option>
              ))}
            </select>
            {errors.category && <span>{errors.category.message}</span>}
            <br />
            <br />
            <label>Content: </label>
            <textarea
              {...register("content", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
              rows={10}
              cols={50}
            />
            {errors.content && <span>{errors.content.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
    }
  };

  if (formLoading) {
    return <div>Loading...</div>;
  }

  return (
    <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 16 }}>
      <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 36 }}>
        {stepTitles.map((title, index) => (
          <button
            key={index}
            onClick={() => gotoStep(index)}
            style={{
              backgroundColor: currentStep === index ? "lightgray" : "initial",
            }}
          >
            {index + 1} - {title}
          </button>
        ))}
      </div>
      <form autoComplete="off">{renderFormByStep(currentStep)}</form>
      <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
        {currentStep > 0 && (
          <button
            onClick={() => {
              gotoStep(currentStep - 1);
            }}
          >
            Previous
          </button>
        )}
        {currentStep < stepTitles.length - 1 && (
          <button
            onClick={() => {
              gotoStep(currentStep + 1);
            }}
          >
            Next
          </button>
        )}
        {currentStep === stepTitles.length - 1 && (
          <button onClick={handleSubmit(onFinish)}>Save</button>
        )}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};

interface ICategory {
  id: number;
  title: string;
}

interface IPost {
  id: number;
  title: string;
  content: string;
  status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
  category: {
    id: ICategory["id"];
  };
}

In this example we're going to build a Post "create" form. We also added a relational category field to expand our example.

To split your <input/> components under a <form/> component, first import and use useStepsForm hook in your page:

import { HttpError, useSelect } from "@pankod/refine-core";
import { useStepsForm } from "@pankod/refine-react-hook-form";

const PostCreate = () => {
  const {
    refineCore: { onFinish, formLoading },
    register,
    handleSubmit,
    formState: { errors },
    steps: { currentStep, gotoStep },
  } = useStepsForm<IPost, HttpError, IPost>();

  return <div>...</div>;
};

interface ICategory {
  id: number;
  title: string;
}

interface IPost {
  id: number;
  title: string;
  content: string;
  status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
  category: {
    id: ICategory["id"];
  };
}

useStepsForm is generic over the type form data to help you type check your code.

This hook returns a set of useful values to render steps form. Given current value, you should have a way to render your form items conditionally with this index value.

Here, we're going to use a switch statement to render the form items based on the currentStep.

import { HttpError, useSelect } from "@pankod/refine-core";
import { useStepsForm } from "@pankod/refine-react-hook-form";

const PostCreate = () => {
  const {
    refineCore: { onFinish, formLoading },
    register,
    handleSubmit,
    formState: { errors },
    steps: { currentStep, gotoStep },
  } = useStepsForm<IPost, HttpError, IPost>();

  const { options } = useSelect<ICategory, HttpError>({
    resource: "categories",
  });

  const renderFormByStep = (step: number) => {
    switch (step) {
      case 0:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Title: </label>
            <input
              {...register("title", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            />
            {errors.title && <span>{errors.title.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
      case 1:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Status: </label>
            <select {...register("status")}>
              <option value="published">published</option>
              <option value="draft">draft</option>
              <option value="rejected">rejected</option>
            </select>
          </>
        );
      case 2:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Category: </label>
            <select
              {...register("category.id", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            >
              {options?.map((category) => (
                <option key={category.value} value={category.value}>
                  {category.label}
                </option>
              ))}
            </select>
            {errors.category && <span>{errors.category.message}</span>}
            <br />
            <br />
            <label>Content: </label>
            <textarea
              {...register("content", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
              rows={10}
              cols={50}
            />
            {errors.content && <span>{errors.content.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
    }
  };

  return <div>...</div>;
};

interface ICategory {
  id: number;
  title: string;
}

interface IPost {
  id: number;
  title: string;
  content: string;
  status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
  category: {
    id: ICategory["id"];
  };
}

TIP

Since category is a relational data, we use useSelect to fetch its data.

Refer to useSelect documentation for detailed usage. →

Now, we can use renderFormByStep function to render the form items based on the currentStep and gotoStep function to navigate between steps.

import { HttpError, useSelect } from "@pankod/refine-core";
import { useStepsForm } from "@pankod/refine-react-hook-form";

const PostCreate = () => {
  const {
    refineCore: { onFinish, formLoading },
    register,
    handleSubmit,
    formState: { errors },
    steps: { currentStep, gotoStep },
  } = useStepsForm<IPost, HttpError, IPost>();

  const { options } = useSelect<ICategory, HttpError>({
    resource: "categories",
  });

  const renderFormByStep = (step: number) => {
    switch (step) {
      case 0:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Title: </label>
            <input
              {...register("title", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            />
            {errors.title && <span>{errors.title.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
      case 1:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Status: </label>
            <select {...register("status")}>
              <option value="published">published</option>
              <option value="draft">draft</option>
              <option value="rejected">rejected</option>
            </select>
          </>
        );
      case 2:
        return (
          <>
            <label>Category: </label>
            <select
              {...register("category.id", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
            >
              {options?.map((category) => (
                <option key={category.value} value={category.value}>
                  {category.label}
                </option>
              ))}
            </select>
            {errors.category && <span>{errors.category.message}</span>}
            <br />
            <br />
            <label>Content: </label>
            <textarea
              {...register("content", {
                required: "This field is required",
              })}
              rows={10}
              cols={50}
            />
            {errors.content && <span>{errors.content.message}</span>}
          </>
        );
    }
  };

  if (formLoading) {
    return <div>Loading...</div>;
  }

  return (
    <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 16 }}>
      <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 36 }}>
        {stepTitles.map((title, index) => (
          <button
            key={index}
            onClick={() => gotoStep(index)}
            style={{
              backgroundColor: currentStep === index ? "lightgray" : "initial",
            }}
          >
            {index + 1} - {title}
          </button>
        ))}
      </div>
      <form autoComplete="off">{renderFormByStep(currentStep)}</form>
      <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8 }}>
        {currentStep > 0 && (
          <button
            onClick={() => {
              gotoStep(currentStep - 1);
            }}
          >
            Previous
          </button>
        )}
        {currentStep < stepTitles.length - 1 && (
          <button
            onClick={() => {
              gotoStep(currentStep + 1);
            }}
          >
            Next
          </button>
        )}
        {currentStep === stepTitles.length - 1 && (
          <button onClick={handleSubmit(onFinish)}>Save</button>
        )}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};

interface ICategory {
  id: number;
  title: string;
}

interface IPost {
  id: number;
  title: string;
  content: string;
  status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
  category: {
    id: ICategory["id"];
  };
}

Properties

`refineCoreProps`

All useForm properties also available in useStepsForm. You can find descriptions on useForm docs.

const stepsForm = useStepsForm({
  refineCoreProps: {
    action: "edit",
    resource: "posts",
    id: "1",
  },
});

`stepsProps`

The props needed by the manage state steps.

`defaultStep`

Default: 0

Sets the default starting step number. Counting starts from 0.

const stepsForm = useStepsForm({
  stepsProps: {
    defaultStep: 0,
  },
});

`isBackValidate`

Default: false

When is true, validates a form fields when the user navigates to a previous step.

const stepsForm = useStepsForm({
  stepsProps: {
    isBackValidate: true,
  },
});

Return Values

TIP

All useForm return values also available in useStepsForm. You can find descriptions on useForm docs.

`steps`

The return values needed by the manage state steps.

`currenStep`

Current step, counting from 0.

`gotoStep`

Is a function that allows you to programmatically change the current step of a form. It takes in one argument, step, which is a number representing the index of the step you want to navigate to.

API Reference

Properties

*: These properties have default values in RefineContext and can also be set on the <Refine> component.

External Props

It also accepts all props of useForm hook available in the React Hook Form.

Return values

Property	Description	Type
steps	Relevant state and method to control the steps	`StepsReturnValues`
refineCore	The return values of the `useForm` in the core	`UseFormReturnValues`
React Hook Form Return Values	See React Hook Form documentation

Example

View Source Code

Run on your local

npm create refine-app@latest -- --example form-react-hook-form-use-steps-form

Basic Usage​

Properties​

refineCoreProps​

stepsProps​

defaultStep​

isBackValidate​

Return Values​

steps​

currenStep​

gotoStep​

API Reference​

Properties​

Return values​

Example​

Basic Usage

Properties

`refineCoreProps`

`stepsProps`

`defaultStep`

`isBackValidate`

Return Values

`steps`

`currenStep`

`gotoStep`

API Reference

Properties

Return values

Example