Disable Input fields in reactive form

Question

I already tried to follow the example of other answers from here and I did not succeed!

I created a reactive form (ie, dynamic) and I want to disable some fields at any given time. My form code:

this.form = this._fb.group({
  name: ['', Validators.required],
  options: this._fb.array([])
});

const control = <FormArray>this.form.controls['options'];
control.push(this._fb.group({
  value: ['']
}));

my html:

<div class='row' formArrayName="options">
  <div *ngFor="let opt of form.controls.options.controls; let i=index">
    <div [formGroupName]="i">
      <select formArrayName="value">
        <option></option>
        <option>{{ opt.controls.value }}</option>
      </select>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

I reduced the code to facilitate. I want to disable the field of type select. I tried to do the following:

form = new FormGroup({
  first: new FormControl({value: '', disabled: true}, Validators.required),
});

not working! Does anyone have a suggestion?

Answer 1

If you want to disable first(formcontrol) then you can use below statement.

this.form.first.disable();

Answer 2

I solved it by wrapping my input object with its label in a field set: The fieldset should have the disabled property binded to the boolean

 <fieldset [disabled]="isAnonymous">
    <label class="control-label" for="firstName">FirstName</label>
    <input class="form-control" id="firstName" type="text" formControlName="firstName" />
 </fieldset>

Answer 3

A more general approach would be.

// Variable/Flag declare
public formDisabled = false;

// Form init
this.form = new FormGroup({
  name: new FormControl({value: '', disabled: this.formDisabled}, 
    Validators.required),
 });

// Enable/disable form control
public toggleFormState() {
    this.formDisabled = !this.formDisabled;
    const state = this.formDisabled ? 'disable' : 'enable';

    Object.keys(this.form.controls).forEach((controlName) => {
        this.form.controls[controlName][state](); // disables/enables each form control based on 'this.formDisabled'
    });
}

Answer 4

It is bad practice to use disable in a DOM with reactive forms. You can set this option in your FormControl, when you init the from

username: new FormControl(
  {
    value: this.modelUser.Email,
    disabled: true
  },
  [
    Validators.required,
    Validators.minLength(3),
    Validators.maxLength(99)
  ]
);

Property value is not necessary

Or you can get your form control with get('control_name')and set disable

this.userForm.get('username').disable();

Answer 5

This worked for me: this.form.get('first').disable({onlySelf: true});

Answer 6

name: [{value: '', disabled: true}, Validators.required],
name: [{value: '', disabled: this.isDisabled}, Validators.required],

or

this.form.controls['name'].disable();