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ErrorMessage

An error message component to handle errors

ErrorMessage: Component

A simple component to render associated input's error message.

npm install @hookform/error-message

Props

NameTypeRequiredDescription
namestring✓Name of the field.
errorsobjecterrors object from React Hook Form. Optional if you are using FormProvider.
messagestring | React.ReactElementInline error message.
asReact.ElementType | stringWrapper component or HTML tag. For example: as="span" or as={<Text />}
render({ message: string | React.ReactElement, messages?: Object}) => anyThis is a render prop for rendering error message or messages.

Note: you need to set criteriaMode to 'all' for using messages.

Examples

CodeSandbox JS
import React from "react";
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
import { ErrorMessage } from '@hookform/error-message';

export default function App() {
  const { register, formState: { errors }, handleSubmit } = useForm();
  const onSubmit = data => console.log(data);

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <input {...register("singleErrorInput", { required: "This is required." })} />
      <ErrorMessage errors={errors} name="singleErrorInput" />
      
      <ErrorMessage
        errors={errors}
        name="singleErrorInput"
        render={({ message }) => <p>{message}</p>}
      />
      
      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  );
}
import React from "react";
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
import { ErrorMessage } from '@hookform/error-message';

interface FormInputs {
  singleErrorInput: string
}

export default function App() {
  const { register, formState: { errors }, handleSubmit } = useForm<FormInputs>();
  const onSubmit = (data: FormInputs) => console.log(data);

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <input {...register("singleErrorInput", { required: "This is required." })} />
      <ErrorMessage errors={errors} name="singleErrorInput" />
      
      <ErrorMessage
        errors={errors}
        name="singleErrorInput"
        render={({ message }) => <p>{message}</p>}
      />
      
      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  );
}
CodeSandbox JS
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
import { ErrorMessage } from '@hookform/error-message';

export default function App() {
  const { register, formState: { errors }, handleSubmit } = useForm({
    criteriaMode "all"
  });
  const onSubmit = data => console.log(data);

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <input
        {...register("multipleErrorInput", {
          required: "This is required.",
          pattern: {
            value: /d+/,
            message: "This input is number only."
          },
          maxLength: {
            value: 10,
            message: "This input exceed maxLength."
          }
        })}
      />
      <ErrorMessage
        errors={errors}
        name="multipleErrorInput"
        render={({ messages }) =>
          messages &&
          Object.entries(messages).map(([type, message]) => (
            <p key={type}>{message}</p>
          ))
        }
      />

      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  );
}import React from "react";
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
import { ErrorMessage } from '@hookform/error-message';

interface FormInputs {
  multipleErrorInput: string
}

export default function App() {
  const { register, formState: { errors }, handleSubmit } = useForm<FormInputs>({
    criteriaMode: "all"
  });
  const onSubmit = (data: FormInputs) => console.log(data);

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <input
        {...register("multipleErrorInput", {
          required: "This is required.",
          pattern: {
            value: /d+/,
            message: "This input is number only."
          },
          maxLength: {
            value: 10,
            message: "This input exceed maxLength."
          }
        })}
      />
      <ErrorMessage
        errors={errors}
        name="multipleErrorInput"
        render={({ messages }) =>
          messages &&
          Object.entries(messages).map(([type, message]) => (
            <p key={type}>{message}</p>
          ))
        }
      />

      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  );
}

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