Binds an existing FormGroup or FormRecord to a DOM element.

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See also

• Reactive Forms Guide

• AbstractControl

Exported from

• ReactiveFormsModule

Selectors

• [formGroup]

Properties

Inherited from ControlContainer

• name: string | number | null
• formDirective: Form | null
• path: string[] | null

Inherited from AbstractControlDirective

• abstract control: AbstractControl | null
• value: any
• valid: boolean | null
• invalid: boolean | null
• pending: boolean | null
• disabled: boolean | null
• enabled: boolean | null
• errors: ValidationErrors | null
• pristine: boolean | null
• dirty: boolean | null
• touched: boolean | null
• status: string | null
• untouched: boolean | null
• statusChanges: Observable<any> | null
• valueChanges: Observable<any> | null
• path: string[] | null
• validator: ValidatorFn | null
• asyncValidator: AsyncValidatorFn | null

Template variable references

Description

This directive accepts an existing FormGroup instance. It will then use this FormGroup instance to match any child FormControl, FormGroup/FormRecord, and FormArray instances to child FormControlName, FormGroupName, and FormArrayName directives.

Register Form Group

The following example registers a FormGroup with first name and last name controls, and listens for the ngSubmit event when the button is clicked.

import {Component} from '@angular/core';
import {FormControl, FormGroup, Validators} from '@angular/forms';

@Component({
  selector: 'example-app',
  template: `
    <form [formGroup]="form" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">
      <div *ngIf="first.invalid"> Name is too short. </div>

      <input formControlName="first" placeholder="First name">
      <input formControlName="last" placeholder="Last name">

      <button type="submit">Submit</button>
   </form>
   <button (click)="setValue()">Set preset value</button>
  `,
})
export class SimpleFormGroup {
  form = new FormGroup({
    first: new FormControl('Nancy', Validators.minLength(2)),
    last: new FormControl('Drew'),
  });

  get first(): any {
    return this.form.get('first');
  }

  onSubmit(): void {
    console.log(this.form.value);  // {first: 'Nancy', last: 'Drew'}
  }

  setValue() {
    this.form.setValue({first: 'Carson', last: 'Drew'});
  }
}

Methods

Inherited from AbstractControlDirective

• reset(value: any = undefined): void
• hasError(errorCode: string, path?: string | (string | number)[]): boolean
• getError(errorCode: string, path?: string | (string | number)[]): any