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Edit

<Edit> provides us a layout for displaying the page. It does not contain any logic but adds extra functionalities like a refresh button.

We will show what <Edit> does using properties with examples.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/123
interface IPost {
id: number;
title: string;
content: string;
status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
category: { id: number };
}

import { Edit, useForm, useSelect } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Form, Input, Select } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const { formProps, saveButtonProps, queryResult } = useForm<IPost>({
warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
});

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

return (
<Edit saveButtonProps={saveButtonProps}>
<Form {...formProps} layout="vertical">
<Form.Item
label="Title"
name="title"
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Input />
</Form.Item>
<Form.Item
label="Category"
name={["category", "id"]}
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Select {...categorySelectProps} />
</Form.Item>
<Form.Item
label="Status"
name="status"
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Select
options={[
{
label: "Published",
value: "published",
},
{
label: "Draft",
value: "draft",
},
{
label: "Rejected",
value: "rejected",
},
]}
/>
</Form.Item>
</Form>
</Edit>
);
};
Good to know:

You can swizzle this component to customize it with the Refine CLI

Properties

title

title allows you to add a title inside the <Edit> component. If you don't pass title props, it uses the "Edit" prefix and the singular resource name by default. For example, for the "posts" resource, it will be "Edit post".

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit title="Custom Title">
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

saveButtonProps

The <Edit> component has a save button that submits the form by default. If you want to customize this button you can use the saveButtonProps property:

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit saveButtonProps={{ size: "small" }}>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the <SaveButton> documentation

canDelete and deleteButtonProps

canDelete allows you to add a delete button inside the <Edit> component. This button uses the useDelete method provided by the dataProvider

If you want to customize this button you can use the deleteButtonProps property like the code below.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/123
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { usePermissions } from "@refinedev/core";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const { data: permissionsData } = usePermissions();
return (
<Edit
canDelete={permissionsData?.includes("admin")}
deleteButtonProps={{ size: "small" }}
saveButtonProps={{ size: "small" }}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the <DeleteButton> documentation

For more information, refer to the usePermission documentation

resource

The <Edit> component reads the resource information from the route by default. If you want to use a custom resource for the <Edit> component, you can use the resource prop:

localhost:3000/custom/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const CustomPage: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit resource="posts">
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

If you have multiple resources with the same name, you can pass the identifier instead of the name of the resource. It will only be used as the main matching key for the resource, data provider methods will still work with the name of the resource defined in the <Refine/> component.

For more information, refer to the identifier section of the <Refine/> component documentation

recordItemId

The <Edit> component reads the id information from the route by default. When it cannot be read from the URL, which happens when it's used on a custom page, modal or drawer, recordItemId is used.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit, useModalForm } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Modal, Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const { modalProps, id, show } = useModalForm({
action: "edit",
});

return (
<div>
<Button onClick={() => show()}>Edit Button</Button>
<Modal {...modalProps}>
<Edit recordItemId={id}>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
</Modal>
</div>
);
};

The <Edit> component needs the id information for the <RefreshButton> to work properly.

mutationMode

Determines which mode mutation will have while executing <DeleteButton> .

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
interface IPost {
id: number;
title: string;
content: string;
status: "published" | "draft" | "rejected";
category: { id: number };
}

import { Edit, useForm, useSelect } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Form, Input, Select } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const { formProps, saveButtonProps, queryResult } = useForm<IPost>({
warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
});

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

return (
<Edit
mutationMode="undoable"
canDelete
saveButtonProps={saveButtonProps}
>
<Form {...formProps} layout="vertical">
<Form.Item
label="Title"
name="title"
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Input />
</Form.Item>
<Form.Item
label="Category"
name={["category", "id"]}
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Select {...categorySelectProps} />
</Form.Item>
<Form.Item
label="Status"
name="status"
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Select
options={[
{
label: "Published",
value: "published",
},
{
label: "Draft",
value: "draft",
},
{
label: "Rejected",
value: "rejected",
},
]}
/>
</Form.Item>
</Form>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the mutation mode documentation

dataProviderName

If not specified, Refine will use the default data provider. If you have multiple data providers, you can use the dataProviderName property to specify which one you want to use:

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";

import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit = () => {
return <Edit dataProviderName="other">...</Edit>;
};

export const App: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Refine
dataProvider={{
default: dataProvider("https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev/"),
other: dataProvider("https://other-api.fake-rest.refine.dev/"),
}}
>
{/* ... */}
</Refine>
);
};

goBack

To customize the back button or to disable it, you can use the goBack property:

localhost:3000/posts/edit/123
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const BackButton = () => <Button></Button>;
return (
<Edit goBack={<BackButton />}>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

If your route has no :action parameter or your action is list, the back button will not be shown even if you pass a goBack property. You can override this behavior by using the headerProps property:

import { useBack } from "@refinedev/core";
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const back = useBack();
const BackButton = () => <Button></Button>;

return (
<Edit goBack={<BackButton />} headerProps={{ onBack: back }}>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

isLoading

To toggle the loading state of the <Edit/> component, you can use the isLoading property:

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit isLoading={true}>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

To customize or disable the breadcrumb, you can use the breadcrumb property. By default the Breadcrumb component from the @refinedev/antd package is used for breadcrumbs.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit, Breadcrumb } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
breadcrumb={
<div
style={{
padding: "3px 6px",
border: "2px dashed cornflowerblue",
}}
>
<Breadcrumb />
</div>
}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the Breadcrumb documentation

wrapperProps

You can use the wrapperProps property if you want to customize the wrapper of the <Edit/> component. The @refinedev/antd wrapper elements are simply <div/>s and wrapperProps and can get every attribute that <div/> can get.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
wrapperProps={{
style: {
backgroundColor: "cornflowerblue",
padding: "16px",
},
}}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

headerProps

You can use the headerProps property to customize the header of the <Edit/> component:

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
headerProps={{
subTitle: "This is a subtitle",
style: {
backgroundColor: "cornflowerblue",
padding: "16px",
},
}}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the PageHeader documentation

contentProps

You can use the contentProps property to customize the content of the <Edit/> component:

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
contentProps={{
style: {
backgroundColor: "cornflowerblue",
padding: "16px",
},
}}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the Card documentation

headerButtons

By default, the <Edit/> component has a <ListButton> and a <RefreshButton> at the header.

You can customize the buttons at the header by using the headerButtons property. It accepts React.ReactNode or a render function ({ defaultButtons, refreshButtonProps, listButtonProps }) => React.ReactNode which you can use to keep the existing buttons and add your own.

If the "list" resource is not defined, the <ListButton> will not render and listButtonProps will be undefined.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
headerButtons={({ defaultButtons }) => (
<>
{defaultButtons}
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

Or, instead of using the defaultButtons, you can create your own buttons. If you want, you can use refreshButtonProps and listButtonProps to utilize the default values of the <ListButton>list-button and <RefreshButton>refresh-button components.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit, ListButton, RefreshButton } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
headerButtons={({ refreshButtonProps, listButtonProps }) => (
<>
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
<RefreshButton {...refreshButtonProps} meta={{ foo: "bar" }} />
{listButtonProps && (
<ListButton {...listButtonProps} meta={{ foo: "bar" }} />
)}
</>
)}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

headerButtonProps

You can use the headerButtonProps property to customize the wrapper element of the buttons at the header:

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
headerButtonProps={{
style: {
backgroundColor: "cornflowerblue",
padding: "16px",
},
}}
headerButtons={<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the Space documentation

footerButtons

By default, the <Edit/> component has a <SaveButton> and a <DeleteButton> at the footer.

You can customize the buttons at the footer by using the footerButtons property. It accepts React.ReactNode or a render function ({ defaultButtons, saveButtonProps, deleteButtonProps }) => React.ReactNode which you can use to keep the existing buttons and add your own.

If canDelete is false, the <DeleteButton> will not render and deleteButtonProps will be undefined.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
footerButtons={({ defaultButtons }) => (
<>
{defaultButtons}
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

Or, instead of using the defaultButtons, you can create your own buttons. If you want, you can use saveButtonProps and deleteButtonProps to utilize the default values of the <SaveButton> and <DeleteButton> components.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit, SaveButton, DeleteButton } from "@refinedev/antd";
import { Button } from "antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
footerButtons={({ saveButtonProps, deleteButtonProps }) => (
<>
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
<SaveButton {...saveButtonProps} hideText />
{deleteButtonProps && (
<DeleteButton {...deleteButtonProps} hideText />
)}
</>
)}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

footerButtonProps

You can customize the wrapper element of the buttons at the footer by using the footerButtonProps property.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/2
import { Edit } from "@refinedev/antd";

const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Edit
footerButtonProps={{
style: {
float: "right",
marginRight: 24,
backgroundColor: "cornflowerblue",
padding: "16px",
},
}}
>
<p>Rest of your page here</p>
</Edit>
);
};

For more information, refer to the Space documentation

autoSaveProps

You can use the auto save feature of the <Edit/> component by using the autoSaveProps property.

localhost:3000/posts/edit/123
const PostEdit: React.FC = () => {
const {
formProps,
saveButtonProps,
queryResult,
autoSaveProps,
} = useForm<IPost>({
warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
autoSave: {
enabled: true,
},
});

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

return (
<Edit
saveButtonProps={saveButtonProps}
autoSaveProps={autoSaveProps}
>
<Form {...formProps} layout="vertical">
<Form.Item
label="Title"
name="title"
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Input />
</Form.Item>
<Form.Item
label="Category"
name={["category", "id"]}
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Select {...categorySelectProps} />
</Form.Item>
<Form.Item
label="Status"
name="status"
rules={[
{
required: true,
},
]}
>
<Select
options={[
{
label: "Published",
value: "published",
},
{
label: "Draft",
value: "draft",
},
{
label: "Rejected",
value: "rejected",
},
]}
/>
</Form.Item>
</Form>
</Edit>
);
};

API Reference

Properties

PropertyTypeDescriptionDefault
resource

string

Resource name for API data interactions

Reads :resource from the URL

title

ReactNode

Title of the edit view

Edit {resource.name}

wrapperProps

DetailedHTMLProps<HTMLDivElement>

Props for the wrapper component of the view

headerProps

Props for the header component

contentProps

Props for the content wrapper component

breadcrumb

ReactNode

Breadcrumb to be displayed in the header

<Breadcrumb>

goBack

ReactNode

Back button element at the top left of the page

<ArrowLeft />

headerButtons

ActionButtonRenderer<{ refreshButtonProps: RefreshButtonProps; listButtonProps: ListButtonProps; }>

Header action buttons to be displayed in the header

ListButton and RefreshButton

headerButtonProps

Additional props to be passed to the wrapper of the header buttons

footerButtons

ActionButtonRenderer<{ deleteButtonProps: DeleteButtonProps; saveButtonProps: SaveButtonProps; }>

Footer action buttons to be displayed in the footer

SaveButton and DeleteButton

footerButtonProps

Additional props to be passed to the wrapper of the footer buttons

dataProviderName

string

To specify a data provider other than default use this property

isLoading

boolean

Loading state of the component

false

canDelete

boolean

Adds a <DeleteButton />

If the resource has canDelete prop it is true else false

saveButtonProps

Additional props for the <SaveButton /> component

deleteButtonProps

Adds properties for <DeleteButton />

mutationMode

"pessimistic" | "optimistic" | "undoable"

Determines when mutations are executed

"pessimistic"*

recordItemId

The record id for <RefreshButton>

autoSaveProps

AutoSaveIndicatorProps

Show <AutoSaveIndicator /> component on header buttons

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