DEPRECATION:
Mark the {[key: string]: any} type for the options property of the FormBuilder.group method as deprecated.
Using AbstractControlOptions gives the same functionality and is type-safe.
PR Close#39769
Currently when an instance of the `FormControlName` directive is destroyed, the Forms package invokes
the `cleanUpControl` to clear all directive-specific logic (such as validators, onChange handlers,
etc) from a bound control. The logic of the `cleanUpControl` function should revert all setup
performed by the `setUpControl` function. However the `cleanUpControl` is too aggressive and removes
all callbacks related to the onChange and disabled state handling. This is causing problems when
a form control is bound to multiple FormControlName` directives, causing other instances of that
directive to stop working correctly when the first one is destroyed.
This commit updates the cleanup logic to only remove callbacks added while setting up a control
for a given directive instance.
The fix is needed to allow adding `cleanUpControl` function to other places where cleanup is needed
(missing this function calls in some other places causes memory leak issues).
PR Close#39623
Prior to this commit, the `cleanUpControl` function (responsible for cleaning up control instance)
was not taking validators into account. As a result, these validators remain registered on a detached
form control instance, thus causing memory leaks. This commit updates the `cleanUpControl` function
logic to also run validators cleanup.
As a part of this change, the logic to setup and cleanup validators was refactored and moved to
separate functions (with completely opposite behavior), so that they can be reused in the future.
This commit doesn't add the `cleanUpControl` calls to all possible places, it just fixes the cases
where this function is being called, but doesn't fully perform a cleanup. The `cleanUpControl`
function calls will be added to other parts of code (to avoid more memory leaks) in a followup PR.
PR Close#39234
This commit improves the ngModel docs, specifically:
- clarifies purpose of the name attribute in ngModelOptions
- clarifies on the interaction with a parent form or lack thereof
- fix inconsistency with analogy for two-way binding
- cleans up some typos and extra wordiness
- clarifies language around common properties
- adds missing preposition to commit message format origins
PR Close#39481
This commit refactors validators-related logic that is common across most of the directives.
A couple notes on this refactoring:
* common logic was moved to the `AbstractControlDirective` class (including `validator` and
`asyncValidator` getters)
* sync/async validators are now composed in `AbstractControlDirective` class eagerly when validators
are set with `_setValidators` and `_setAsyncValidators` calls and the result is stored in directive
instance (thus getters return cached versions of validator fn). This is needed to make sure composed
validator function remains the same (retains its identity) for a given directive instance, so that
this function can be added and later removed from an instance of an AbstractControl-based class
(like `FormControl`). Preserving validator function is required to perform proper cleanup (in followup
PRs) of the AbstractControl-based classes when a directive is destroyed.
PR Close#38280
Due to how the global and sticky flag make RegExp objects stateful,
adds section detailing how it is not recommended
to use these flags for control validations.
PR Close#39055
This commit improves the DefaultValueAccessor directive docs by:
- adding the `ngDefaultControl` as a search keyword to the description
- adding an example of the `ngDefaultControl` usage
Closes#35375.
PR Close#39404
Prior to this change, the `validators` and `asyncValidators` fields of a few Forms directives
were typed as `any[]`. This commit updates the types and makes them consistent for all directives
in the Forms package.
BREAKING CHANGE:
Directives in the `@angular/forms` package used to have `any[]` as a type of `validators` and
`asyncValidators` arguments in constructors. Now these arguments are properly typed, so if your
code relies on directive constructor types it may require some updates to improve type safety.
PR Close#38944
It's perfectly valid for an abstract control not to have a defined parent; yet previously the
types were asserting that AbstractControl#parent is not a null value. This changes correctly
reflects the run-time behavior through the types.
BREAKING CHANGE: Type of AbstractFormControl.parent now includes null
`null` is now included in the types of .parent. If you don't already have a check for this case,
the TypeScript compiler might compain. A v11 migration exists which adds the not-null assertion
operator where necessary.
In an unlikely case your code was testing the parnet against undefined with sitrct equality,
you'll need to change this to `=== null` instead, since the parent is not explicily initialized
with `null` instead of being left `undefined`.
Fixes#16999
PR Close#32671
NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR is a multi injection token, users can and
should expect more than one ControlValueAccessor to be
available (and this is how it is used in @angular/forms).
This is now reflected in the definition of the injection token
by typing it as an array of ControlValueAccessor. The motivating
reason is that using the programmatic Injector api will now
type Injector#get correspondingly.
fixes#29351
BREAKING CHANGES
NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR is now typed as a readonly array rather than
a mutable scalar. It is used as a multi injection token and as
such it should always be expected that more than one accessor
may be returned.
PR Close#29723
This commit ensures that the `updateValueAndValidity` method takes the
`asyncValidator` into consideration to emit on the `statusChanges` observables.
This is necessary so that any subsequent changes are emitted properly to any
subscribers.
Closes#20424Closes#14542
BREAKING CHANGE:
Previously if FormControl, FormGroup and FormArray class instances had async validators
defined at initialization time, the status change event was not emitted once async validator
completed. After this change the status event is emitted into the `statusChanges` observable.
If your code relies on the old behavior, you can filter/ignore this additional status change
event.
PR Close#38354
Prior to this commit, a lot of internal-only class properties and methods (such as `ngOnChanges`)
of the Forms package directives were exposed on angular.io website. These fields are not expected
to be called externally (they are used/invoked by framework only), since they are part of internal
implementations of the following interfaces:
* Angular lifecycle hook interfaces
* ControlValueAccessor interface
* Validator interface
Having these internal-only fields in docs creates unnecessary noise on directive detail pages.
This commit adds the `@nodoc` annotation to these properties and methods to keep fields in the
golden files, but hide them in docs.
PR Close#38583
This commit adds a guard before throwing any forms errors. This will tree-shake
error messages which cannot be minified. It should also help to reduce the
bundle size of the `forms` package in production by ~20%.
Closes#37697
PR Close#37821
This commit performs minor refactoring in Forms package to get rid of duplicate functions.
It looks like the functions were duplicated due to a slightly different type signatures, but
their logic is completely identical. The logic in retained functions remains the same and now
these function also accept a generic type to achieve the same level of type safety.
PR Close#38371
This commit refactors the way we store validators in AbstractControl-based classes:
in addition to the combined validators function that we have, we also store the original list of validators.
This is needed to have an ability to clean them up later at destroy time (currently it's problematic since
they are combined in a single function).
The change preserves backwards compatibility by making sure public APIs stay the same.
The only public API update is the change to the `AbstractControl` class constructor to extend the set
of possible types that it can accept and process (which should not be breaking).
PR Close#37881
Previously, `registerOnChange` used `hasOwnProperty` to identify if the
property is supported. However, this does not work as the `selectedOptions`
property is an inherited property. This commit fixes this by verifying
the property on the prototype instead.
Closes#37433
PR Close#37620
introduce a boolean to track form groups/arrays own pending async validation to distinguish between pending state due to children and pending state due to own validation
Fixes#10064
PR Close#22575
Error message mention that ngModel and ngModelChange will be removed in Angular v7 but right not now sure when it will be removed so changed it to a future version
PR Close#37643
The method was previously looping through all controls, even after finding at least one that
satisfies the provided condition. This can be a bottleneck with large forms. The new version
of the method returns as soon as a single control which conforms to the condition is found.
PR Close#32534
Use an explicit type guard when checking if a given object is of type AbstractControlOptions,
instead of a simple function returning a boolean value. This allows us to remove manual type
casting when using this function, relying instead on TypeScript to infer correct types.
PR Close#32541
Remove `looseIdentical` implementation and instead use the ES2015 `Object.is` in its place.
They behave exactly the same way except for `+0`/`-0`.
`looseIdentical(+0, -0)` => `true`
`Object.is(+0, -0)` => `false`
Other than the difference noted above, this is not be a breaking change because:
1. `looseIdentical` is a private API
2. ES2015 is listed as a mandatory polyfill in the [browser support
guide](https://angular.io/guide/browser-support#mandatory-polyfills)
3. Also note that `Ivy` already uses `Object.is` in `bindingUpdated`.
PR Close#37191
In the code example of the AsyncValidator example there was an aliased
import for the rxjs operator `of`. To align with the RxJS docs it should
just use a plain import of `of`
PR Close#36856
Prior to this commit, number input fields would to fire valueChanges twice: once for `input` events when typing and second for the `change` event when the field lost focus (both events happen at once when using the increment and decrement buttons on the number field).
Fixes#12540
BREAKING CHANGE: Number inputs no longer listen to the `change` event.
* Tests which trigger `change` events need to be updated to trigger `input` events instead.
* The `change` event was in place to support IE9, as we found that `input` events were not fired with backspace or cut actions. If you need to maintain IE9 support, you will need to add a change event listener to number inputs and call the `onChange` method of `NumberValueAccessor` manually.
* Lastly, old versions of WebDriver would synthetically trigger the `change` event on `WebElement.clear` and `WebElement.sendKeys`. If you are using an old version of WebDriver, you may need to update tests to ensure `input` events are triggered. For example, you could use `element.sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "a"), Keys.BACK_SPACE);` in place of `element.clear()`.
PR Close#12540
PR Close#36087
Previously, the behavior of the `minLength` and `maxLength` validators
caused confusion, as they appeared to work with numeric values but
did not in fact produce consistent results. This commit fixes the issue
by skipping validation altogether when a numeric value is used.
BREAKING CHANGES:
* The `minLength` and `maxLength` validators now verify that a value has
numeric `length` property and invoke validation only if that's the case.
Previously, falsey values without the length property (such as `0` or
`false` values) were triggering validation errors. If your code relies on
the old behavior, you can include other validators such as [min][1] or
[requiredTrue][2] to the list of validators for a particular field.
[1]: https://angular.io/api/forms/Validators#min
[2]: https://angular.io/api/forms/Validators#requiredTrueCloses#35591
PR Close#36157
Previously, it was not clear that the `minLength` and `maxLength` validators
can only be used with objects that contain a `length` property. This commit
clarifies this.
PR Close#36297
In https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/33058, we removed support
for the `ngForm` selector in the NgForm directive. We deleted most
of the deprecation notices in that PR, but we missed a paragraph
of documentation in the API docs for NgForm.
This commit removes the outdated paragraph that makes it seem like
the selector is still around and deprecated (as opposed to removed),
as it might confuse users.
PR Close#35435
There is currently a bug in Chrome 80 that makes Array.reduce
not work according to spec. The functionality in forms that
retrieves controls from FormGroups and FormArrays (`form.get`)
relied on Array.reduce, so the Chrome bug broke forms for
many users.
This commit refactors our forms code to rely on Array.forEach
instead of Array.reduce to fix forms while we are waiting
for the Chrome fix to go live.
See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1049982.
PR Close#35349
we should be documenting when an API is eligible for removal and not when it will be removed.
The actual removal depends on many factors, e.g. if we were able to automate the refactoring to
the recommended API in time or not.
PR Close#35263
The value changes emitted additionally when enable disable were called
documented the above behaviour in AbstractControl class documentaion
Fixes#34407
PR Close#34497
Both `MinLengthValidator` and `MaxLengthValidator` accepted only string inputs for the length required, which throws with Ivy and `fullTemplateTypeCheck` enabled:
<!-- min = 2 in the component -->
<input [minlength]="min">
with:
Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string | undefined'
This relaxes the accepted type to `string | number` to avoid breakage when developers switch to Ivy and fTTC.
PR Close#32057
With 5cecd97493025cd940c9ade4ea9f1836d5b05cc8 we intended to expand
the input type of the `disabled` input of the `NgModel` directive.
Read more about the reason for this in the actual commit message.
Currently though, the acceptance coercion member does not have any
effect. This is because the acceptance member needs to refer to the
actual input property name, and not to the public input name.
`disabled` corresponds to the `isDisabled` property.
PR Close#34502
NgModel internally coerces any arbitrary value that will assigned
to the `disabled` `@Input` to a boolean. This has been done to
support the common case where developers set the disabled attribute
without a value. For example:
```html
<input type="checkbox" [(ngModel)]="value" disabled>
```
This worked in View Engine without any errors because inputs were
not strictly checked. In Ivy though, developers can opt-in into
strict template type checking where the attribute would be flagged.
This is because the `NgModel#isDisabled` property type-wise only
accepts a `boolean`. To ensure that the common pattern described
above can still be used, and to reflect the actual runtime behavior,
we should add an acceptance member that makes it work without type
checking errors.
Using a coercion member means that this is not a breaking change.
PR Close#34438
