Form Handling

Use when building or reviewing substantial forms with React Hook Form, Zod schemas, typed validation, dynamic fields, controlled third-party inputs, file upload, multi-step flows, dependent validation, or form performance. Do not use for trivial 1-3 field forms without validation; Chinese triggers i

Form processing

Purpose

Manage form status, verification and submission to avoid lags in complex form input.

Procedure

1. First identify the framework, existing form library of the project, schema verification library, component library and complexity; then introduce special form solutions when there are 10+ fields, dynamic fields, linkage verification, file upload, multi-step process or input lag.
2. Select according to project stack: React can consider React Hook Form + Zod; Vue can consider vee-validate / FormKit + Zod, Yup or Valibot; simple forms can use the framework's native state and basic verification.
3. Use runtime schema or explicit validation functions to guard external input boundaries; TypeScript types can be deduced from the schema, but don’t just write TS types.
4. Clarify default values, field registration, controlled/uncontrolled boundaries and component library adaptation; use aria-invalid, aria-describedby and role="alert" for error prompts.
5. Handle loading, server-side errors, repeated submissions and resets when submitting; use local subscriptions and sub-component isolation to control re-rendering of large forms.

React Quick Start

tsx

import { zodResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/zod";
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
import { z } from "zod";

const loginSchema = z.object({
  email: z.string().email("Please enter a valid email address"),
  password: z.string().min(8, "Password must be at least 8 characters"),
});

type LoginForm = z.infer<typeof loginSchema>;

export function LoginFormView() {
  const {
    register,
    handleSubmit,
    formState: { errors, isSubmitting },
  } = useForm<LoginForm>({
    resolver: zodResolver(loginSchema),
    defaultValues: { email: "", password: "" },
  });

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit((data) => api.login(data))} noValidate>
      <label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
      <input id="email" {...register("email")} aria-invalid={!!errors.email} />
      {errors.email && <span role="alert">{errors.email.message}</span>}

      <label htmlFor="password">Password</label>
      <input id="password" type="password" {...register("password")} />
      {errors.password && <span role="alert">{errors.password.message}</span>}

      <button disabled={isSubmitting}>
        {isSubmitting ? "Submitting..." : "Submitting"}
      </button>
    </form>
  );
}

Detailed reference

When it comes to whether you need a form library, framework selection, Controller, useFieldArray, linkage verification, file upload, multi-step form, asynchronous verification and performance mode, load references/advanced-form-patterns.md.

Constraints

• Inherit the existing form library, schema library and component library adaptation method of the warehouse, and do not introduce a second system for a single form.
• Default values must be complete to avoid undefined triggering controlled/uncontrolled warnings or initialization flutter.
• reset should be passed the full default object returned by the server or explicit.
• Asynchronous validation must be debounced or placed on a commit boundary to avoid typing requests every time.
• The error path of schema cascade dynamic verification must point to the actual field.

Expected Output

The output form is type-safe, accessible, and has a clear submission status; complex fields and file uploads have schema constraints, there is no obvious lag in the input process, and server-side errors can be backfilled to a position that the user can understand.