Angular 5 formgroup list controls or iterate them

Question

I am using angular 5 with formgorup and wish to iterate the controls, in order to create a dynamic component based on a form, the forms fields are given by an external data service (database etc.)

It is declares as follows

check = new FormGroup({
    firstName : new FormControl(true),
    lastName : new FormControl(false)
  });

I found this explaining how to iterate the controls but It does not work. I try to use:

for(let item of this.check.controls){}

and get this is the chrome debug:

Cannot read property 'length' of undefined

I can't access this.check.controls.keys or keys()

How can I iterate the keys?

Thanks

try ```for(let item in this.check.controls){console.log(item)}``` — Fateme Fazli, Jul 30 '18 at 12:23

Muhammed Albarmavi · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-30T12:39:46.373

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try use Object.keys method to get object keys

Object.keys(this.check.controls); // => ["firstName", "lastName"]

this.check.controls is object key/value paire structure if you want to get the keys of the object {key1:value,key2:value} you can use Object.keys method that return an array contains keys ['key1','key2']

edited Jul 30 '18 at 12:39

answered Jul 30 '18 at 12:24

Muhammed Albarmavi

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Great, works , could you please provide with some explanation for why it works? – thebeancounter Jul 30 '18 at 12:34

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '18 at 12:23

This Form Returning the Object of value not array of value

check = new FormGroup({
        firstName : new FormControl(true),
        lastName : new FormControl(false)
      });

If you want to get keys then you have to use The Object.keys() method returns an array of a given object's property names, in the same order as we get with a normal loop

KeyArray= Object.keys(this.check.controls)// ["firstName", "lastName"]

Example:https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-stszta

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '18 at 12:31

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iterate over an object:

for(let item in this.check.controls){
    console.log(this.check.controls[item])
}

answered Jul 30 '18 at 12:31

Fateme Fazli

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but this works :( check [this](https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-reactive-forms-skndgl) – Fateme Fazli Jul 30 '18 at 12:39

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 24 '19 at 18:59

this function works pretty good for me

public static ResetForm(form: FormGroup, config = {}) {
    const controls: string[] = Object.keys(form.controls);

    controls.forEach(key => {
      if (config[key] && config[key]["default"])
        form.get(key).setValue(config[key]["default"]);
      else form.get(key).setValue("");
      form.get(key).setErrors(null);
      form.get(key).markAsTouched();
    });
  }

if you want to set default value other then empty string, use config object as follow

ResetForm(this.form, {
      categories: {
        default: []
      }
    });

Angular 5 formgroup list controls or iterate them

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