useFormStatus
useFormStatus
is a Hook that gives you status information of the last form submission.
const { pending, data, method, action } = useFormStatus();
Reference
useFormStatus()
The useFormStatus
Hook provides status information of the last form submission.
import { useFormStatus } from "react-dom";
import action from './actions';
function Submit() {
const status = useFormStatus();
return <button disabled={status.pending}>Submit</button>
}
export default function App() {
return (
<form action={action}>
<Submit />
</form>
);
}
To get status information, the Submit
component must be rendered within a <form>
. The Hook returns information like the pending
property which tells you if the form is actively submitting.
In the above example, Submit
uses this information to disable <button>
presses while the form is submitting.
Parameters
useFormStatus
does not take any parameters.
Returns
A status
object with the following properties:
-
pending
: A boolean. Iftrue
, this means the parent<form>
is pending submission. Otherwise,false
. -
data
: An object implementing theFormData interface
that contains the data the parent<form>
is submitting. If there is no active submission or no parent<form>
, it will benull
. -
method
: A string value of either'get'
or'post'
. This represents whether the parent<form>
is submitting with either aGET
orPOST
HTTP method. By default, a<form>
will use theGET
method and can be specified by themethod
property.
action
: A reference to the function passed to theaction
prop on the parent<form>
. If there is no parent<form>
, the property isnull
. If there is a URI value provided to theaction
prop, or noaction
prop specified,status.action
will benull
.
Caveats
- The
useFormStatus
Hook must be called from a component that is rendered inside a<form>
. useFormStatus
will only return status information for a parent<form>
. It will not return status information for any<form>
rendered in that same component or children components.
Usage
Display a pending state during form submission
To display a pending state while a form is submitting, you can call the useFormStatus
Hook in a component rendered in a <form>
and read the pending
property returned.
Here, we use the pending
property to indicate the form is submitting.
import { useFormStatus } from "react-dom"; import { submitForm } from "./actions.js"; function Submit() { const { pending } = useFormStatus(); return ( <button type="submit" disabled={pending}> {pending ? "Submitting..." : "Submit"} </button> ); } function Form({ action }) { return ( <form action={action}> <Submit /> </form> ); } export default function App() { return <Form action={submitForm} />; }
Read the form data being submitted
You can use the data
property of the status information returned from useFormStatus
to display what data is being submitted by the user.
Here, we have a form where users can request a username. We can use useFormStatus
to display a temporary status message confirming what username they have requested.
import {useState, useMemo, useRef} from 'react'; import {useFormStatus} from 'react-dom'; export default function UsernameForm() { const {pending, data} = useFormStatus(); const [showSubmitted, setShowSubmitted] = useState(false); const submittedUsername = useRef(null); const timeoutId = useRef(null); useMemo(() => { if (pending) { submittedUsername.current = data?.get('username'); if (timeoutId.current != null) { clearTimeout(timeoutId.current); } timeoutId.current = setTimeout(() => { timeoutId.current = null; setShowSubmitted(false); }, 2000); setShowSubmitted(true); } }, [pending, data]); return ( <> <label>Request a Username: </label><br /> <input type="text" name="username" /> <button type="submit" disabled={pending}> {pending ? 'Submitting...' : 'Submit'} </button> {showSubmitted ? ( <p>Submitted request for username: {submittedUsername.current}</p> ) : null} </> ); }
Troubleshooting
status.pending
is never true
useFormStatus
will only return status information for a parent <form>
.
If the component that calls useFormStatus
is not nested in a <form>
, status.pending
will always return false
. Verify useFormStatus
is called in a component that is a child of a <form>
element.
useFormStatus
will not track the status of a <form>
rendered in the same component. See Pitfall for more details.