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Create

<Create> provides us a layout to display the page. It does not contain any logic and just adds extra functionalities like action buttons and giving titles to the page.

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import React from "react";
import { Create, useAutocomplete } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Autocomplete, Box, TextField } from "@mui/material";
import { useForm } from "@refinedev/react-hook-form";
import { Controller } from "react-hook-form";

const SampleCreate = () => {
const {
saveButtonProps,
refineCore: { formLoading },
register,
control,
formState: { errors },
} = useForm();

const { autocompleteProps: categoryAutocompleteProps } = useAutocomplete({
resource: "categories",
});

return (
<Create isLoading={formLoading} saveButtonProps={saveButtonProps}>
<Box
component="form"
sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column" }}
autoComplete="off"
>
<TextField
{...register("title", {
required: "This field is required",
})}
error={!!(errors as any)?.title}
helperText={(errors as any)?.title?.message}
margin="normal"
fullWidth
InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}
type="text"
label="Title"
name="title"
/>
<TextField
{...register("content", {
required: "This field is required",
})}
error={!!(errors as any)?.content}
helperText={(errors as any)?.content?.message}
margin="normal"
fullWidth
InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}
multiline
label="Content"
name="content"
/>
<Controller
control={control}
name="category"
rules={{ required: "This field is required" }}
// eslint-disable-next-line
defaultValue={null as any}
render={({ field }) => (
<Autocomplete
{...categoryAutocompleteProps}
{...field}
onChange={(_, value) => {
field.onChange(value);
}}
getOptionLabel={(item) => {
return (
categoryAutocompleteProps?.options?.find(
(p) => p?.id?.toString() === item?.id?.toString(),
)?.title ?? ""
);
}}
isOptionEqualToValue={(option, value) =>
value === undefined ||
option?.id?.toString() === (value?.id ?? value)?.toString()
}
renderInput={(params) => (
<TextField
{...params}
label="Category"
margin="normal"
variant="outlined"
error={!!(errors as any)?.category?.id}
helperText={(errors as any)?.category?.id?.message}
required
/>
)}
/>
)}
/>
</Box>
</Create>
);
};
Good to know:

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

Properties

title

title allows the addition of titles inside the <Create> component. If you don't pass title props it uses "Create" prefix and singular resource name by default. For example, for the /posts/create resource, it would be "Create post".

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Typography } from "@mui/material";

const CreatePage: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Create
title={<Typography variant="h5">Custom Title</Typography>}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

resource

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

localhost:3000/custom
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";

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

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

saveButtonProps

The <Create> component has a default button that submits the form. If you want to customize this button you can use the saveButtonProps property like the code below:

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";

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

For more information, refer to the <SaveButton> documentation

goBack

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";
import { useBack } from "@refinedev/core";

const BackButton = () => {
const goBack = useBack();

return <Button onClick={goBack}>BACK!</Button>;
};

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Create
goBack={<BackButton />}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

isLoading

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
isLoading={loading}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

To customize or disable the breadcrumb, you can use the breadcrumb property. By default it uses the Breadcrumb component from @refinedev/mui package.

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create, Breadcrumb } from "@refinedev/mui";

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

For more information, refer to the Breadcrumb documentation

wrapperProps

If you want to customize the wrapper of the <Create/> component, you can use the wrapperProps property.

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
wrapperProps={{
sx: {
backgroundColor: "lightsteelblue",
},
}}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

For more information, refer to the Card documentation from Material UI

headerProps

If you want to customize the header of the <Create/> component, you can use the headerProps property.

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
headerProps={{
sx: {
backgroundColor: "lightsteelblue",
},
}}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

For more information, refer to the CardHeader documentation from Material UI

contentProps

If you want to customize the content of the <Create/> component, you can use the contentProps property.

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
contentProps={{
sx: {
backgroundColor: "lightsteelblue",
},
}}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

For more information, refer to the CardContent documentation from Material UI

headerButtons

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
headerButtons={({ defaultButtons }) => (
<>
{defaultButtons}
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

headerButtonProps

You can customize the wrapper element of the buttons at the header by using the headerButtonProps property.

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
headerButtonProps={{
sx: {
backgroundColor: "lightsteelblue",
},
}}
headerButtons={({ defaultButtons }) => (
<>
{defaultButtons}
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

For more information, refer to the Box documentation from Material UI

footerButtons

By default, the <Create/> component has a <SaveButton> at the header.

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
footerButtons={({ defaultButtons }) => (
<>
{defaultButtons}
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create, SaveButton } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
footerButtons={({ saveButtonProps }) => (
<>
<SaveButton
{...saveButtonProps}
type="primary"
sx={{ marginRight: 8 }}
>
Save
</SaveButton>
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

footerButtonProps

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

localhost:3000/posts/create
import { Create } from "@refinedev/mui";
import { Button } from "@mui/material";

const PostCreate: React.FC = () => {
const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(true);

return (
<Create
footerButtonProps={{
sx: {
backgroundColor: "lightsteelblue",
},
}}
footerButtons={({ defaultButtons }) => (
<>
{defaultButtons}
<Button type="primary">Custom Button</Button>
</>
)}
>
<span>Rest of your page here</span>
</Create>
);
};

For more information, refer to the CardActions documentation from Material UI

API Reference

Properties

PropertyTypeDescriptionDefault
resource

string

Resource name for API data interactions

Reads :resource from the URL

title

ReactNode

Title of the create view

Create {resource.name}

wrapperProps

CardProps

Props for the wrapper component of the view

headerProps

CardHeaderProps

Props for the header component

contentProps

CardContentProps

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<Record<string

number

symbol, unknown>>

Header action buttons to be displayed in the header

null

headerButtonProps

BoxProps

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

footerButtons

ActionButtonRenderer<{ saveButtonProps: SaveButtonProps; }>

Footer action buttons to be displayed in the footer

<SaveButton />

footerButtonProps

CardActionsProps

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

isLoading

boolean

Loading state of the component

false

saveButtonProps

SaveButtonProps

Additional props for the <SaveButton /> component