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 5cecd97493 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
Changed `setValue` documentation for throwing an error as it contained a grammar
mistake and also may have caused ambiguity around when exactly the
method would throw.
PR Close#33126
Removes the deprecated `ngForm` element selector and all of the code related to it.
BREAKING CHANGES:
* `<ngForm></ngForm>` can no longer be used as a selector. Use `<ng-form></ng-form>` instead.
* The `NgFromSelectorWarning` directive has been removed.
* `FormsModule.withConfig` has been removed. Use the `FormsModule` directly.
PR Close#33058
As mentioned in the previous commit, the regexp used by
`Validators.email()` is a slightly enhanced version of the
[WHATWG one](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address).
This commit refactors the regexp (without changing its behavior) to make
it more closely match the format of WHATWG version, so that it is easier
for people to compare it against the WHATWG one and understand the
differences.
The main changes were:
- Changing the order of characters/character classes inside `[...]`;
e.g. `[A-Za-z]` --> `[a-zA-Z]`
- Mark all groups as non-capturing (since we do not use the captured
values); e.g. `(foo)` --> `(?:foo)`
(This could theoretically also have a positive performance impact, but
I suspect JavaScript engines are already optimizing away capturing
groups when they are not used.)
PR Close#32961
Previously, there was no documentation of what `Validators.email()`
expects as a valid e-mail address, making it difficult for people to
determine whether it covers their requirements or not. Even more so that
the used pattern slightly deviates from the
[WHATWG version](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address).
One's only option was to look at the source code and try to decipher the
regexp pattern.
This commit adds a high-level description of the validator and mentions
its similarity to and differences from the WHATWG version. It also adds
a brief explanation of the regexp's behavior and references for more
information in the source code to provide more context to
maintainers/users trying to understand the implementation in the future.
Fixes#18985Fixes#25186Closes#32747
PR Close#32961
This commit relaxes the type of the `formControlName` input to accept both a `string` and a `number`.
Currently, when using a `FormArray`, most templates look like:
```
<div formArrayName="tags">
<div *ngFor="let tag of tagsArray.controls; index as i">
<input [formControlName]="i">
</div>
</div>
```
Here `formControlName` receives a number whereas its input type is a string.
This is fine for VE and `fullTemplateTypeCheck`, but not for Ivy which does a more thorough type checking on inputs with `fullTemplateTypeCheck` enabled and throws `Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'`. It is fixable by using `formControlName="{{i}}"` but you have to know the difference between `a="{{b}}"` and `[a]="b"` and change it all over the application codebase. This commit allows the existing code to still type-check.
PR Close#30606
This commit relaxes the type of the `formControlName` input to accept both a `string` and a `number`.
Currently, when using a `FormArray`, most templates look like:
```
<div formArrayName="tags">
<div *ngFor="let tag of tagsArray.controls; index as i">
<input [formControlName]="i">
</div>
</div>
```
Here `formControlName` receives a number whereas its input type is a string.
This is fine for VE and `fullTemplateTypeCheck`, but not for Ivy which does a more thorough type checking on inputs with `fullTemplateTypeCheck` enabled and throws `Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'`. It is fixable by using `formControlName="{{i}}"` but you have to know the difference between `a="{{b}}"` and `[a]="b"` and change it all over the application codebase. This commit allows the existing code to still type-check.
PR Close#30606
This method is a more convenient and efficient way of removing all
components from a FormArray. Before it, we needed to loop the FormArray
removing each component until empty.
Resolves#18531
PR Close#28918
This PR also changes the name of NgNoValidate` to `ɵNgNoValidate`. This is because `ngcc` requires the node to retain the original name while dts bundler will rename the node is it's only exported using the aliases.
Example typings files:
```ts
declare class NgNoValidate{
}
export {NgNoValidateas ɵNgNoValidate}
```
will be emitted as
```ts
export declare class ɵNgNoValidate {
}
```
PR Close#28854
This change helps highlight certain misoptimizations with Closure
compiler. It is also stylistically preferable to consistently use index
access on index sig types.
Roughly, when one sees '.foo' they know it is always checked for typos
in the prop name by the type system (unless 'any'), while "['foo']" is
always not.
Once all angular repos are conforming this will become a tsetse.info
check, enforced by bazel.
PR Close#28937
BREAKING CHANGE
Previous to this change, when a control was reset, value and status change
events would be emitted before the control was reset to pristine. As a
result, if one were to check a control's pristine state in a valueChange
listener, it would appear that the control was still dirty after reset.
This change delays emission of value and status change events until after
controls have been marked pristine. This means the pristine state will be
reset as expected if one checks in a listener.
Theoretically, there could be applications depending on checking whether a
control *used to be dirty*, so this is marked as breaking. In these cases,
apps should cache the state on the app side before calling reset.
Fixes#28130
PR Close#28395
@angular/forms declares several directives and a module which are not
exported from the package via the entrypoint, either intentionally or as a
historical accident.
Ivy's locality principle necessitates that directives used in user code be
importable from the package which defines them. This requires these forms
directives to be exported.
Several directives which define ControlValueAccessors are exported:
* NumberValueAccessor
* RangeValueAccessor
A few more directives and a module are exported privately (with a ɵ prefix):
* NgNoValidate
* NgSelectMultipleOption
* InternalFormsSharedModule
PR Close#27743
Internally getError and hasError call the AbstractControl#get method which takes `path: Array<string | number> | string` as input, since there are different ways to traverse the AbstractControl tree.
This change matches the method signitures of all methods that use this.
PR Close#20211
This has been deprecated to keep selector consistent with other core Angular selectors. As element selectors are in kebab-case.
Now deprecated:
```
<ngForm #myForm="ngForm">
```
After:
```
<ng-form #myForm="ngForm">
```
You can also choose to supress this warnings by providing a config for `FormsModule` during import:
```ts
imports: [
FormsModule.withConfig({warnOnDeprecatedNgFormSelector: 'never'});
]
Closes: #23678
PR Close#23721
Within an @NgModule it's common to include in the imports a call to
a ModuleWithProviders function, for example RouterModule.forRoot().
The old ngc compiler was able to handle this pattern because it had
global knowledge of metadata of not only the input compilation unit
but also all dependencies.
The ngtsc compiler for Ivy doesn't have this knowledge, so the
pattern of ModuleWithProviders functions is more difficult. ngtsc
must be able to determine which module is imported via the function
in order to expand the selector scope and properly tree-shake
directives and pipes.
This commit implements a solution to this problem, by adding a type
parameter to ModuleWithProviders through which the actual module
type can be passed between compilation units.
The provider side isn't a problem because the imports are always
copied directly to the ngInjectorDef.
PR Close#24862
All errors for existing fields have been detected and suppressed with a
`!` assertion.
Issue/24571 is tracking proper clean up of those instances.
One-line change required in ivy/compilation.ts, because it appears that
the new syntax causes tsickle emitted node to no longer track their
original sourceFiles.
PR Close#24572
Support for using the `ngModel` input property and `ngModelChange`
event with reactive form directives has been deprecated in
Angular v6 and will be removed in Angular v7.
Now deprecated:
```html
<input [formControl]="control" [(ngModel)]="value">
```
```ts
this.value = 'some value';
```
This has been deprecated for a few reasons. First, developers have
found this pattern confusing. It seems like the actual `ngModel`
directive is being used, but in fact it's an input/output property
named `ngModel` on the reactive form directive that simply approximates
(some of) its behavior. Specifically, it allows getting/setting the
value and intercepting value events. However, some of `ngModel`'s other
features - like delaying updates with`ngModelOptions` or exporting the
directive - simply don't work, which has understandably caused some
confusion.
In addition, this pattern mixes template-driven and reactive forms
strategies, which we generally don't recommend because it doesn't take
advantage of the full benefits of either strategy. Setting the value in
the template violates the template-agnostic principles behind reactive
forms, whereas adding a FormControl/FormGroup layer in the class removes
the convenience of defining forms in the template.
To update your code before v7, you'll want to decide whether to stick
with reactive form directives (and get/set values using reactive forms
patterns) or switch over to template-driven directives.
After (choice 1 - use reactive forms):
```html
<input [formControl]="control">
```
```ts
this.control.setValue('some value');
```
After (choice 2 - use template-driven forms):
```html
<input [(ngModel)]="value">
```
```ts
this.value = 'some value';
```
You can also choose to silence this warning by providing a config for
`ReactiveFormsModule` at import time:
```ts
imports: [
ReactiveFormsModule.withConfig({warnOnNgModelWithFormControl: 'never'});
]
```
Alternatively, you can choose to surface a separate warning for each
instance of this pattern with a config value of `"always"`. This may
help to track down where in the code the pattern is being used as the
code is being updated.
Note: `warnOnNgModelWithFormControl` is set up as deprecated so that it
can be removed in v7 when it is no longer needed. This will not display
properly in API docs yet because dgeni doesn't yet support deprecating
properties in object literals, but we have an open issue to resolve the
discrepancy here: https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/22640.
PR Close#22633
closes#17958
BREAKING CHANGE:
- `AbstractControl#statusChanges` now emits an event of `'PENDING'` when you call `AbstractControl#markAsPending`
- Previously it did not emit an event when you called `markAsPending`
- To migrate you would need to ensure that if you are filtering or checking events from `statusChanges` that you account for the new event when calling `markAsPending`
PR Close#20212
Includes:
* display ToC for API docs
* update dgeni-packages to 0.24.1
* add floating sidebar in API docs
* add breadcrumbs and structured data for Google crawler
* improved rendering of method overloads
* properties rendered in a table
* params rendered with docs
* removal of outdated "infobox" from all API docs
PR Close#21874
Previously, the emitEvent flag was only checked when emitting on the current control.
Thus, if the control was part of a hierarchy, events were emitted on the parent and the childrens.
This fixes the issue by properly passing the emitEvent flag to both parent and childrens.
Fixes#12366
PR Close#21018
This commit introduces a new Input property called
`ngFormOptions` to the `NgForm` directive. You can use it
to set default `updateOn` values for all the form's child
controls. This default will be used unless the child has
already explicitly set its own `updateOn` value in
`ngModelOptions`.
Potential values: `change` | `blur` | `submit`
```html
<form [ngFormOptions]="{updateOn: blur}">
<input name="one" ngModel> <!-- will update on blur-->
</form>
```
For more context, see [#18577](https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/18577).
This commit introduces a new option to template-driven forms that
improves performance by delaying form control updates until the
"blur" or "submit" event. To use it, set the `updateOn` property
in `ngModelOptions`.
```html
<input ngModel [ngModelOptions]="{updateOn: blur}">
```
Like in AngularJS, setting `updateOn` to `blur` or `submit` will
delay the update of the value as well as the validation status.
Updating value and validity together keeps the system easy to reason
about, as the two will always be in sync. It's also worth noting
that the value/validation pipeline does still run when the form is
initialized (in order to support initial values).
Upcoming PRs will address:
* Support for setting group-level `updateOn` in template-driven forms
* Option for skipping initial validation run or more global error
display configuration
* Better support of reactive validation strategies
See more context in #18408, #18514, and the [design doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dlJjRXYeuHRygryK0XoFrZNqW86jH4wobftCFyYa1PA/edit#heading=h.r6gn0i8f19wz).
This commit adds support for setting default `updateOn` values
in `FormGroups` and `FormArrays`. If you set `updateOn` to
’blur’` at the group level, all child controls will default to `’blur’`,
unless the child has explicitly specified a different `updateOn` value.
```
const c = new FormGroup({
one: new FormControl()
}, {updateOn: blur});
```
It's worth noting that parent groups will always update their value and
validity immediately upon value/validity updates from children. In other
words, if a group is set to update on blur and its children are individually
set to update on change, the group will still update on change with its
children; its default value will simply not be used.
This change allows ReflectiveInjector to be tree shaken resulting
in not needed Reflect polyfil and smaller bundles.
Code savings for HelloWorld using Closure:
Reflective: bundle.js: 105,864(34,190 gzip)
Static: bundle.js: 154,889(33,555 gzip)
645( 2%)
BREAKING CHANGE:
`platformXXXX()` no longer accepts providers which depend on reflection.
Specifically the method signature when from `Provider[]` to
`StaticProvider[]`.
Example:
Before:
```
[
MyClass,
{provide: ClassA, useClass: SubClassA}
]
```
After:
```
[
{provide: MyClass, deps: [Dep1,...]},
{provide: ClassA, useClass: SubClassA, deps: [Dep1,...]}
]
```
NOTE: This only applies to platform creation and providers for the JIT
compiler. It does not apply to `@Compotent` or `@NgModule` provides
declarations.
Benchpress note: Previously Benchpress also supported reflective
provides, which now require static providers.
DEPRECATION:
- `ReflectiveInjector` is now deprecated as it will be remove. Use
`Injector.create` as a replacement.
closes#18496
By default, the value and validation status of a `FormControl` updates
whenever its value changes. If an application has heavy validation
requirements, updating on every text change can sometimes be too expensive.
This commit introduces a new option that improves performance by delaying
form control updates until the "blur" event. To use it, set the `updateOn`
option to `blur` when instantiating the `FormControl`.
```ts
// example without validators
const c = new FormControl(, { updateOn: blur });
// example with validators
const c= new FormControl(, {
validators: Validators.required,
updateOn: blur
});
```
Like in AngularJS, setting `updateOn` to `blur` will delay the update of
the value as well as the validation status. Updating value and validity
together keeps the system easy to reason about, as the two will always be
in sync. It's also worth noting that the value/validation pipeline does
still run when the form is initialized (in order to support initial values).
Closes#7113
FormControls, FormGroups, and FormArrays now optionally accept an options
object as their second argument. Validators and async validators can be
passed in as part of this options object (though they can still be passed
in as the second and third arg as before).
```ts
const c = new FormControl(, {
validators: [Validators.required],
asyncValidators: [myAsyncValidator]
});
```
This commit also adds support for passing arrays of validators and async
validators to FormGroups and FormArrays, which formerly only accepted
individual functions.
```ts
const g = new FormGroup({
one: new FormControl()
}, [myPasswordValidator, myOtherValidator]);
```
This change paves the way for adding more options to AbstractControls,
such as more fine-grained control of validation timing.
Destructuring of the form:
function foo({a, b}: {a?, b?} = {})
breaks strictNullChecks, due to the TypeScript bug https://github.com/microsoft/typescript/issues/10078.
This change eliminates usage of destructuring in function argument lists in cases where it would leak
into the public API .d.ts.
With 4.2, we introduced the min and max validator directives. This was actually a breaking change because their selectors could include custom value accessors using the min/max properties for their own purposes.
For now, we are rolling back the change by removing the exports. At the least, we should wait to add them until a major version. In the meantime, we will have further discussion about what the best solution is going forward for all validator directives.
Closes#17491.
----
PR #17551 tried to roll this back, but did not remove the dead code. This failed internal tests that were checking that all declared directives were used.
This PR rolls back the original PR and commit the same as #17551 while also removing the dead code.
With 4.2, we introduced the min and max validator directives. This was actually a breaking change because
their selectors could include custom value accessors using the min/max properties for their own purposes.
For now, we are rolling back the change by removing the exports.
Closes#17491.
* docs(animations): fix links to `Component` animations
* docs(core): fix links to `ReflectiveInjector` methods
The `resolve` and other methods were moved from the
`Injector` to the `ReflectiveInjector`.
* docs(core): fix links to `Renderer`
The local links were assuming that that methods were on the
current document (e.g. `RootRenderer`), but they are actually
on the `Renderer` class.
* docs(router): fix links to methods
* docs(forms): fix links to methods
* docs(core): fix links to methods
* docs(router): fix API page links and an internal link
This commit fixes a regression where `ngModel` no longer syncs
letter by letter on Android devices, and instead syncs at the
end of every word. This broke when we introduced buffering of
IME events so IMEs like Pinyin keyboards or Katakana keyboards
wouldn't display composition strings. Unfortunately, iOS devices
and Android devices have opposite event behavior. Whereas iOS
devices fire composition events for IME keyboards only, Android
fires composition events for Latin-language keyboards. For
this reason, languages like English don't work as expected on
Android if we always buffer. So to support both platforms,
composition string buffering will only be turned on by default
for non-Android devices.
However, we have also added a `COMPOSITION_BUFFER_MODE` token
to make this configurable by the application. In some cases, apps
might might still want to receive intermediate values. For example,
some inputs begin searching based on Latin letters before a
character selection is made.
As a provider, this is fairly flexible. If you want to turn
composition buffering off, simply provide the token at the top
level:
```ts
providers: [
{provide: COMPOSITION_BUFFER_MODE, useValue: false}
]
```
Or, if you want to change the mode based on locale or platform,
you can use a factory:
```ts
import {shouldUseBuffering} from 'my/lib';
....
providers: [
{provide: COMPOSITION_BUFFER_MODE, useFactory: shouldUseBuffering}
]
```
Closes#15079.
PR Close#15256
Observable subscriptions from previous validation runs should be canceled
before a new subscription is created for the next validation run.
Currently the subscription that sets the errors is canceled properly,
but the source observable created by the validator is not. While this
does not affect validation status or error setting, the source
observables will incorrectly continue through the pipeline until they
complete. This change ensures that the whole stream is canceled.
AsyncValidatorFn previously had an "any" return type, but now it more
explicitly requires a Promise or Observable return type. We don't
anticipate this causing problems given that any other return type
would have caused a runtime error already.
This API was introduced only in a beta release, and is being removed because we found it to be incorrect prior to launch. For more information about why this is being removed, see https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/15050.
