Context data

Some components might need to know a current form state, which is passed as React context. Properties stored in the context relates either to the form values or the form instance itself. That means, besides current form state, you can access form methods or encounter some metadata, e.g. about the used schema. Some of them were designed for internal use, but you can still take advantage of them.

Accessing context data

A direct way of accessing the context data is to use the useForm hook:

import { useForm } from 'uniforms';

function Example() {
  const context = useForm();
}

For convenience, it's also accessible through the useField hook:

import { useField } from 'uniforms';

function Example(rawProps) {
  const [props, context] = useField(rawProps.name, rawProps);
}

Available context data

changed

Indicates whether there was a change on form.

changedMap

A map of changed fields. Rather internal one, used for checking if other fields has changed.

error

An object with a details field, which is an array of any validation errors.

formRef

Contains reference to the form component that gives access to the form methods.

model

An object with current form fields values structured {field: value}.

name

It is an array of the parent fields names:

<Field name="x">
  // name = []
  <Field name="y.z">
    // name = ['x']
    <Field name="a" /> // name = ['x', 'y', 'z']
  </Field>
</Field>

For example if we define a CompositeField:

const Composite = () => (
  <section>
    <AutoField name="firstName" />
    <AutoField name="lastName" />
  </section>
);

And use it like that:

<AutoForm schema={schema}>
  <CompositeField name="personA" />
  <SubmitField />
</AutoForm>

The name array of the nested AutoFields will store a personA value.

onChange

You can directly access to the onChange method. E.g. onChange(field, value).

onSubmit

Access to onSubmit method.

randomId

Access to randomId method, created using the randomIds() helper.

schema

A bridge class instance with schema and validator properties.

The schema is simply your schema object and validator is your validating function.

state

The state is an object representing your current form status.

The state properties are:

Name	Description
disabled	Indicates whether the form is disabled.
readOnly	Indicates whether the form is read-only.
showInlineError	Indicates whether the inline errors should be shown.

submitted

Indicates whether the form was submitted.

submitting

Indicates whether the form is in the submitting state. Helpful when handling asynchronous submission.

validating

Indicates whether the form is in the validating state. Helpful when handling asynchronous validation.