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hopeforall
hopeforall

Reputation: 421

angular 5 populate form fields using other field values if checkbox is selected

I've got two sections of forms - correspondence address and residential address. The goal is to copy/pass values from one field to another if a checkbox is checked. Kindly see below use case

Component.ts

populateCorrespondenceAdd(event) {
    //console.log(event.checked)
    if (event.checked) {
        [...]
        this.correspondenceHouseNumber = 
        this.residentialHouseNumber;
        this.correspondenceStreetName = 
        this.enrollee.residentialStreetName;
        this.enrollee.correspondenceLGA = 
        this.enrollee.residentialLGA;
        [...]
    }
}

component.html

<mat-checkbox [(ngModel)]="populateCorrespondenceaddress" (change)="populateCorrespondenceAdd($event)"
                formControlName="populateCorrespondenceadd" value="true">Same as residential address?)</mat-checkbox>

The code above doesn't quite meet expectation as (i) unchecking the checkbox doesn't clear the form fields (ii) after checking the checkbox, if there's any change(s) in any of the form fields in the residential address section, the correspondence form fields doesn't update to reflect the changes. N:B: The fields are in one form group

Kindly guide.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5856

Answers (1)

maxime1992
maxime1992

Reputation: 23803

I've simplified a bit your example and used:
- sending address
- billing address

Otherwise I think it's pretty much the same :)

TS

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, FormControl } from '@angular/forms';
import { EMPTY } from 'rxjs';
import { tap, distinctUntilChanged, switchMap, startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';

interface Address {
  street: string;
  city: string;
  country: string;
}

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  public isSameAddressControl: FormControl = new FormControl(false);

  public addresses: FormGroup = this.fb.group({
    sendingAddress: this.fb.group({
      street: '',
      city: '',
      country: ''
    }),
    billingAddress: this.fb.group({
      street: '',
      city: '',
      country: ''
    })
  });

  constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.isSameAddressControl
      .valueChanges
      .pipe(
        distinctUntilChanged(),
        switchMap(isSameAddress => {
          if (isSameAddress) {
            return this.addresses
              .get('sendingAddress')
              .valueChanges
              .pipe(
                // at the beginning fill the form with the current values
                startWith(this.addresses.get('sendingAddress').value),
                tap(value =>
                  // every time the sending address changes, update the billing address 
                  this.addresses
                    .get('billingAddress')
                    .setValue(value)
                )
              )
          } else {
            this.addresses
              .get('billingAddress')
              .reset();

            return EMPTY;
          }
        })
        // don't forget to unsubscribe when component's destroyed
      )
      .subscribe();
  }
}

HTML

<input type="checkbox" [formControl]="isSameAddressControl"> Same address for sending/billing

<form [formGroup]="addresses">
  <ng-container formGroupName="sendingAddress">
    Sending address<br>
    <input type="text" formControlName="street" placeholder="Street" autocomplete="off"><br>
    <input type="text" formControlName="city" placeholder="City" autocomplete="off"><br>
    <input type="text" formControlName="country" placeholder="Country" autocomplete="off"><br>
  </ng-container>

  <ng-container formGroupName="billingAddress">
    Billing address<br>
    <input type="text" formControlName="street" placeholder="Street" autocomplete="off"><br>
    <input type="text" formControlName="city" placeholder="City" autocomplete="off"><br>
    <input type="text" formControlName="country" placeholder="Country" autocomplete="off"><br>
  </ng-container>
</form>

Here's a working example on Stackblitz: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-nyjsnt

Upvotes: 2

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