Add @see JSDoc tags to Signal Forms API functions and classes to link to the essentials guide and detailed documentation pages. This improves discoverability of Signal Forms documentation from the API reference.
The removeValidators and hasValidator methods both had identical "Reference to a ValidatorFn" section titles, causing duplicate entries in the API documentation table of contents.
This commit introduces the infrastructure for embedding code examples within Angular packages, enabling them to be consumed by the Angular CLI's MCP server.
The `@angular/forms` package is the first to adopt this new feature. A new `ng_examples_db` Bazel rule is used to build a SQLite database from markdown files containing code examples. This database is then included in the published npm package.
The `package.json` for `@angular/forms` has been updated with an `angular.examples` field to allow tooling to discover and use the code examples.
* Allow custom controls to make `pending` a required input
* Refactor test for `pending` input to be consistent with other control
properties
* Test that `pending` inputs are reset when the field binding changes
* Refactor test for `disabledReasons` input to be consistent with other control
properties
* Test that `disabledReasons` inputs are reset when the field binding changes
* Allow custom controls to make `dirty` a required input
* Refactor test for `dirty` input to be consistent with other control
properties
* Test that `dirty` inputs are reset when the field binding changes
* Refactor test for `invalid` input to be consistent with other control
properties
* Test that `invalid` inputs are reset when the field binding changes
* Allow custom controls to make `hidden` a required input
* Refactor test for `hidden` input to be consistent with other control
properties
* Test that `hidden` inputs are reset when the field binding changes
* Recognize directives with non signal-based models as valid custom controls
* Relax type checker to allow non signal-based models
The `FormValueControl` and `FormCheckboxControl` interfaces still
require a `model()`-input, however, a custom control need not implement
either interface to be bound by the `Field` directive.
All of the following examples can be used to define a custom control:
```ts
// Preferred: model()
class MyFormControl implements FormValueControl<string> {
readonly value: model.required<string>();
}
// Supported: input() + output()
class MyFormControl {
readonly value: input.required<string>();
readonly valueChange: output<string>();
}
// Supported: @Input() + @Output()
class MyFormControl {
@Input({required: true}) value!: string;
@Output() valueChange: new EventEmitter<string>();
}
```
The latter two may still choose to implement `FormUiControl` for other
properties, but again it is not required.
Fix#65478
Updates signal forms to pass the full `Field` directive to the class
configuration functions, rather than just the state. This allows
developers to take the element as well as the state into consideration
when deciding classes to apply.
Closes#65762
BREAKING CHANGE: The shape of `SignalFormsConfig.classes` has changed
Previously each function in the `classes` map took a `FieldState`. Now
it takes a `Field` directive.
For example if you previously had:
```
provideSignalFormsConfig({
classes: {
'my-valid': (state) => state.valid()
}
})
```
You would need to update to:
```
provideSignalFormsConfig({
classes: {
'my-valid': ({state}) => state().valid()
}
})
```
This PR makes a number of changes to the metadata API to address design
flaws in the previous API. Some of the changes include:
- Replaces the previous `MetadataKey` and `AggregateMetadataKey` with a
single unified `MetadataKey` that is used for all metadata.
- The new `MetadataKey` is only defined for fields that explicitly set
it in their schema logic
- All metadata now has reducer / aggregate behavior
- The new `MetadataKey` has an option to create a managed key which
wraps the result of its computed aggregate into some other structure
such as a `Resource` or `linkedSignal`
- There are now two APIs to create metadata keys
- `createMetadataKey` for pure computed metadata
- `createManagedMetadataKey` for metadata that manages its computation
internally
This change replaces all remaining occurrences of `typeof ngDevMode !== undefined`
with the correct `typeof ngDevMode !== 'undefined'` form. This aligns the codebase
with JavaScript typeof semantics and maintains consistency with other Angular code.
Previously, navigating a `FieldTree` in signal forms involved reactive reads
of the value of the parent field(s), both directly and via `.childrenMap()`.
This meant that on _any_ change to the value of a field, reactive
notifications would trigger updates of computeds, reruns of effects, etc.
So for example, this effect would run on every change to the form:
```ts
const f = form(signal({data: 'abc', unrelated: 0}));
effect(() => {
// accessing f.data incurs a dependency on f().value() which changes
// on every change in the whole form
console.log(f.data().value());
});
```
This is deeply counterintuitive and troublesome when attempting to write
effect logic, and also results in `computed`s unnecessarily updating.
This change introduces the concept of a "reader" computed, which memoizes
the access of a field at a given key via the reactive graph. With this, the
same `f.data` access above now depends on the `data` reader in `f` only,
which is effectively a constant computed. As a result, the effect only
reruns on changes to `data`'s value, as intended.
PR Close#65802
Previously, several values were being passed into the creation of
`FieldNodeStructure`s that were only used in the creation of child nodes.
Separately, we also passed a `createChildNode` function which these values
were passed back into.
Instead, this moves the small bit of logic from structure.ts behind the
`createChildNode` callback, which reduces the passing of values back-and-
forth and gives `createChildNode` a much more suitable signature.
PR Close#65802
Move the instructions used to dynamically bind a `Field` directive to a
form control onto the `Field` itself. This way the instructions are only
retained if the app uses the `Field` directive.
PR Close#65599
This is necessary to exclude a race condition where the MutationObserver initialized by the instruction fired before the inputs are binded.
fixes#65678
Adds a DI configuration option for signal forms that allows the
developer to specify CSS classes that should be automatically added
by the `Field` directive based on the field's status.
Support binding `[field]` to directives that implement
`FormValueControl` or `FormCheckboxControl`.
The `[field]` binds to whichever directive (or component) matches first in the
event there are multiple implementations. We are considering whether to make
this an error state, which could be reported during type checking.
Closes#63910, Closes#64992
An early piece of feedback received regarding custom controls hosted on
native inputs was that they required a lot of boilerplate to bind
`FieldState` properties. Each property required an input to accept the
property, and a host binding to forward it to the native control.
* Apply any debounce rules to updates from interop controls (if configured).
* Add tests to ensure debouncing works for all control types (native, custom,
and interop).
If we're calling `min` on a path that's guaranteed to be `number` we
don't want to make the users validator function handle the `null` or
`string` cases.
This uncovered an issue in the `SchemaTreePath` type which needed to be
fixed by preventing the model type from being distributed over.
PR Close#65212
