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Function: showForm()
ts
function showForm<T>(ctx: Context, options: ShowFormOptions): Promise<FormResult<T>>;Defined in: src/form/showForm.tsx:860
Type Parameters
| Type Parameter |
|---|
T |
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ctx | Context | The assistant context. |
options | ShowFormOptions | The form schema and configuration. |
Returns
Promise<FormResult<T>>
The form result with user input and the clicked button.
Deprecated
Use showUI instead.
Display a form bubble and resolve with the user input.
Examples
tsx
// Instead of showForm, use showUI:
const {data, button} = await showUI(ctx, bubble([
headerBar({title: 'Travel Request'}),
group([
inputField({name: 'destination', label: 'Destination'}),
]),
navigationBar({
buttons: [
{text: 'Cancel', value: 'cancel'},
{text: 'Book Flight', value: 'submit'}
]
})
]));ts
interface TravelForm {
destination: string;
budget: string;
hiddenField: string;
disabledField: string;
}
const result = await showForm<TravelForm>(ctx, {
title: 'Book a Trip',
description: 'Fill in your travel details',
text: 'All fields are required',
overlay: true,
overlayProps: {
blur: true,
blurIntensity: 10,
background: 'grey',
},
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'destination',
type: 'text',
label: 'Destination',
defaultValue: 'Tokyo',
validation: [{type: 'required', message: 'Pick a destination'}],
format: ['trim', 'uppercase', (value: string) => value + ' formatted'],
},
{
name: 'budget',
type: 'number',
label: 'Budget',
validation: [
{type: 'integer', message: 'Whole numbers only'},
{type: 'moreThan', moreThan: 1, message: 'Must exceed 1'},
{
type: 'custom',
fn: (value: number) => value >= 3,
message: 'Must be 3 or more',
},
{
type: 'custom',
fn: (value: number) => value < 15,
message: 'Must be under 15',
},
],
},
{
name: 'hiddenField',
type: 'text',
label: 'Hidden until destination has a value',
hidden: async (data) => !data.destination,
},
{
name: 'disabledField',
type: 'text',
label: 'Disabled until budget is valid',
disabled: async (data) =>
!(data.budget && data.budget < 15 && data.budget >= 3),
},
],
},
],
buttons: [{value: 'ok', text: 'Submit'}],
});
Options
Supported options:
- title: the form title.
- description?: the form description.
- text?: a message for the user. Accepts a string or JSX element.
- forcePosition?: 'top-left' | 'top-right' | 'bottom-left' | 'bottom-right'. Pin the bubble to a corner.
- icon?: an icon shown left of the title.
- image?: an image shown left of the title.
- overlay?: when true, render the form as an overlay.
- overlayProps?: props for the overlay.
- isDraggable?: set to false to prevent dragging. Defaults to true.
- fields: the field array.
Fields
Supported field types:
Grouping Elements
- group
- horizontal
- statictext
typescript
// ...
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
type: 'horizontal',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField1',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field 1',
},
{
name: 'myField2',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field 2',
},
],
},
{type: 'statictext', text: 'Static text'},
],
// ...
Basic Input Fields
- text
- password
- number
- tel
- url
- search
typescript
// ...
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField1',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field',
},
{
name: 'myField2',
type: 'password',
label: 'Password field',
},
{
name: 'myField3',
type: 'number',
label: 'Number field',
},
{
name: 'myField4',
type: 'email',
label: 'Email field',
},
{
name: 'myField5',
type: 'tel',
label: 'Tel field',
},
{
name: 'myField6',
type: 'url',
label: 'URL field',
},
{
name: 'myField7',
type: 'search',
label: 'Search field',
},
],
},
],
// ...
Date and Time
- date
- datetime-local
- month
- time
- week
typescript
// ...
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField1',
type: 'date',
label: 'Date field',
},
{
name: 'myField2',
type: 'datetime-local',
label: 'Date time field',
},
{
name: 'myField5',
type: 'month',
label: 'Month field',
},
{
name: 'myField5',
type: 'time',
label: 'Time field',
},
{
name: 'myField5',
type: 'week',
label: 'Week field',
},
],
},
],
// ...
Selection Inputs
- checkbox
- checkboxlist
- radiolist
- select
- segmented
- toggle
typescript
// ...
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField2',
type: 'checkboxlist',
label: 'Checkbox list field',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
},
{
name: 'myField3',
type: 'radiolist',
label: 'Radio list field',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
},
{
name: 'myField4',
type: 'segmented',
label: 'Segmented field',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
},
{
name: 'myField5',
type: 'toggle',
label: 'Toggle field',
},
],
},
],
// ...
typescript
// All possible field types
const result = await showForm<myInterface>(ctx, {
title: 'Title of the step',
description: 'Description of the step',
text: 'Message for the user',
overlay: true,
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
type: 'horizontal',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField1',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field 1',
},
{
name: 'myField2',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field 2',
},
],
},
{type: 'statictext', text: 'Static text'},
],
},
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField3',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field',
},
{
name: 'myField4',
type: 'password',
label: 'Password field',
},
{
name: 'myField5',
type: 'number',
label: 'Number field',
},
{
name: 'myField6',
type: 'email',
label: 'Email field',
},
{
name: 'myField7',
type: 'tel',
label: 'Tel field',
},
{
name: 'myField8',
type: 'url',
label: 'URL field',
},
{
name: 'myField9',
type: 'search',
label: 'Search field',
},
],
},
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField10',
type: 'date',
label: 'Date field',
},
{
name: 'myField11',
type: 'datetime-local',
label: 'Date time field',
},
{
name: 'myField13',
type: 'month',
label: 'Month field',
},
{
name: 'myField14',
type: 'time',
label: 'Time field',
},
{
name: 'myField15',
type: 'week',
label: 'Week field',
},
],
},
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField17',
type: 'checkboxlist',
label: 'Checkbox list field',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
},
{
name: 'myField18',
type: 'radiolist',
label: 'Radio list field',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
},
{
name: 'myField19',
type: 'segmented',
label: 'Segmented field',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
},
{
name: 'myField20',
type: 'toggle',
label: 'Toggle field',
},
],
},
],
buttons: [{value: 'ok', text: 'Submit'}],
});Images
Use the image field type to display images. Only type and src are required.
Set src to a base64-encoded image like data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA....
TIFF images work when src starts with data:image/tiff or data:image/x-tiff.
Control horizontal position with the position property.
typescript
fields: [
{
name: 'myField',
type: 'image',
src: 'base64 image code',
alt: 'Image alt',
label: 'My image',
className: 'test-image',
variant: 'full',
width: '100px',
height: '100px',
fallback: 'base64 image code',
position: 'end',
},
]Other fields
- skill-completion
typescript
fields: [
{
type: 'skill-completion', label: 'Task processed successfully',
},
]
- summary
typescript
fields: [
{
type: 'summary',
label: 'Summary',
statuses: [
{text: 'Task 1', status: 'success'},
{text: 'Task 2', status: 'info'},
{text: 'Task 3', status: 'error'},
{text: 'Task 4', status: 'warning'},
],
}
]
- automation
typescript
fields: [
{
type: 'automation',
items: [
{
title: 'Automation 1',
description: 'Description 1',
status: ProgressibleStatus.RUNNING,
},
{
title: 'Automation 2',
description: 'Description 2',
status: ProgressibleStatus.DONE,
},
],
},
]
- verify
typescript
fields: [
{
type: 'verify',
label: 'Verify label',
value: 'true',
verifyFailureText: 'Verification failed',
verifyShowActualValue: true,
verifySuccessText: 'Verification successful',
},
]
Validation
Validation is an array of objects. Each object has a type, a message, and a type-specific property.
Supported validation types:
String validation:
- required
- custom
- length
- ensure
- matches
- max
- min
- url
- startsWith
- endsWith
- minSelection
- maxSelection
- rangeSelection
- alphabetic
- alphanumeric
- uuid
- iban
- vat
Date validation:
- required
- custom
- min
- max
Number validation:
- required
- custom
- integer
- lessThan
- moreThan
- negative
- positive
- round
- truncate
- min
- max
typescript
// ...
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField1',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field',
validation: [
{type: 'required', message: 'This field is required'},
{
type: 'custom',
fn: (value: string) => value === 'test',
message: 'This field must be "test"',
},
{
type: 'length',
length: 4,
message: 'This field must be 4 characters long',
},
],
},
{
name: 'myField2',
type: 'checkboxlist',
items: [
{value: '1', label: 'Option 1'},
{value: '2', label: 'Option 2'},
],
validation: [
{
type: 'minSelection',
minSelection: 2,
message: 'Select at least 2',
},
],
},
],
},
],
// ...
Transformation
Supported transformation types:
- trim
- uppercase
- lowercase
- a custom function
typescript
// ...
fields: [
{
name: 'myField1',
type: 'text',
label: 'Text field',
validation: [{type: 'required', message: 'This field is required'}],
format: [
'trim',
'lowercase',
(value: string) => value.replaceAll(' ', '-'),
],
}
],
// ...Dynamic form
typescript
interface myInterface {
myField: string;
myNumber: number;
hiddenField: string;
disabledField: string;
dynamicSelect: string;
}
const result = await showForm<myInterface>(ctx, {
title: 'Title of the step',
description: 'Description of the step',
text: 'Message for the user',
overlay: true,
overlayProps: {
blur: true,
blurIntensity: 10,
background: 'grey',
},
fields: [
{
type: 'group',
fields: [
{
name: 'myField',
type: 'text',
label: 'Field label',
defaultValue: 'Initial value',
validation: [{type: 'required', message: 'This field is required'}],
format: [
'trim',
'uppercase',
(value: string) => value + ' formatted',
],
},
{
name: 'myNumber',
type: 'number',
label: 'My number',
validation: [
{type: 'integer', message: 'Has to be integer'},
{type: 'moreThan', moreThan: 1, message: 'Has to be more than 1'},
{
type: 'custom',
fn: (value: number) => value >= 3,
message: 'Has to be more then 3 custom',
},
{
type: 'custom',
fn: (value: number) => value < 15,
message: 'Has to be lower then 15',
},
],
},
{
name: 'hiddenField',
type: 'text',
label: 'This field is hidden until myField has a value',
hidden: async (data) => !data.myField,
},
{
name: 'disabledField',
type: 'text',
label: 'This field is disabled until myNumber is valid',
disabled: async (data) =>
!(data.myNumber && data.myNumber < 15 && data.myNumber >= 3),
},
{
name: 'dynamicSelect',
type: 'select',
label: 'Dynamic select',
items: [
{
value: '1',
label: 'One',
},
{
value: '2',
label: 'Two',
},
{
value: '3',
label: 'Three',
},
],
setDynamicItems: async (data) => {
if (data.myNumber && data.myNumber < 15 && data.myNumber >= 3) {
return [
{
value: '4',
label: 'Four',
},
{
value: '5',
label: 'Five',
},
];
} else {
return [
{value: '1', label: 'One'},
{
value: '2',
label: 'Two',
},
{
value: '3',
label: 'Three',
},
];
}
},
},
],
},
],
buttons: [{value: 'ok', text: 'Submit'}],
});Dynamic values
ts
const result = await showForm(ctx, {
title: 'Dynamic update example',
fields: [
{
name: 'firstName',
type: 'text',
label: 'First Name',
},
{
name: 'greeting',
type: 'text',
label: 'Greeting',
disabled: true,
},
],
setDynamicValues: (data) => {
if (data.firstName) {
return { greeting: `Hello, ${data.firstName}!` };
}
return {greeting: ''};
},
});Remarks
Set overlay to true to prevent background interaction.