FormControlName

Syncs a FormControl in an existing FormGroup to a form control element by name.

See also

• Reactive Forms Guide

• FormControl

• AbstractControl

Exported from

• ReactiveFormsModule

Selectors

• [formControlName]

Properties

Property	Description
override	Returns an array that represents the path from the top-level form to this control. Each index is the string name of the control on that level.
control: FormControl	Read-Only
name: string | number | null
@Input('disabled')isDisabled: boolean	Write-Only Triggers a warning in dev mode that this input should not be used with reactive forms.
@Input('ngModel')model: any	Deprecated as of v6
@Output('ngModelChange')update: EventEmitter	Deprecated as of v6
path: string[]	Read-Only
formDirective: any	Read-Only The top-level directive for this group if present, otherwise null.

Inherited from NgControl

• name: string | number | null
• valueAccessor: ControlValueAccessor | 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

Description

Register FormControl within a group

The following example shows how to register multiple form controls within a form group and set their value.

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'});
  }
}

To see formControlName examples with different form control types, see:

• Radio buttons: RadioControlValueAccessor
• Selects: SelectControlValueAccessor

Use with ngModel is deprecated

Support for using the ngModel input property and ngModelChange event with reactive form directives has been deprecated in Angular v6 and is scheduled for removal in a future version of Angular.

For details, see Deprecated features.

Methods

viewToModelUpdate()
viewToModelUpdate(newValue: any): void Parameters newValue any Returns void

Inherited from NgControl

• abstract viewToModelUpdate(newValue: any): void

Inherited from AbstractControlDirective

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