access to initial values from HTML or createForm

[ewilliam]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. hi - i'm trying to set the form back to its original HTML values? i've tried setting a variable to $data upon component mount to store the values but it doesnt quite work. is there an idiomatic felte way to do this?

Describe the solution you'd like allow access to initial values from HTML or even the initialValues inside createForm object?

Describe alternatives you've considered setting variable to $data upon component mount

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thanks for your GREAT work on this library! so good

[pablo-abc]

Hey! The way to do this would be using both the reset helper (returned from createForm) and the initialValues configuration option. This way the initial values would be under your control.

If you (for any reason) need to change what the initialValues will be on reset after the form has mounted, you can use the setInitialValues helper.

[ewilliam]

thanks for the reply! yes, kinda - the issue is that i'd use setInitialValues and reset few times already. let me explain:

lets say we have a registration form and a list of registrations. filling out a empty form appends a registration item to the list. i also provide the ability to edit an existing registration - when the user clicks on 'edit' button, the existing registration's data is passed to the form via setInitialValues and reset.

after editing an registration and saving it, i'd like to be able to clear the form (back to original values) and then make new registrations.

right now - if i use setInitialValues to allow the editing of a registration, i can't get the original form back. because reset will always set the form to the most recent setInitialValues/registration edit. as i try to create new registrations, the form has the data of the edit.

i hope this is clear!

[ewilliam]

hi - i also noticed that nested bits in $data aren't populated to the HTML on the first call to reset and setInitialValues - it populates the first level only and then the children on the second call (two button clicks)

any ideas how to fix?

here's a screencast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUG3hX5fsE better one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhBagj_mHGM

[ewilliam]

the first-level only data population behavior applies to setFields as well

[sysmat]

In documentation is not clear how to use setInitialValues when creating form

[sysmat]

setData not working as name of function sugest