Angular Form.io Editor Component

This Angular component provides Form.io builder and renderer integrated with json editor.

It works with latest Angular 9.

Example:

<formio-editor [form]="form" [options]="options"></formio-editor>

Try the Live Demos: Demo Dev and Demo Stable

In case the live demo goes down for whatever reason, the component is supposed to look somewhat like this (click any image to enlarge it):

Installation

To install this library with npm, run below command:

$ npm install --save angular-formio jsoneditor ngx-bootstrap @angular/elements @davebaol/angular-formio-editor

Yes, you have to install 5 packages!!! 😱

Having in mind the dependency graph can be useful for choosing the version of the various packages for your application. 😉

Usage

To use this component in your Angular application follow the steps below:

1️⃣ Import Angular module FormioEditorModule as below:

import { FormioEditorModule } from '@davebaol/angular-formio-editor'; 

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    ....,
    FormioEditorModule
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

2️⃣ Setup your component models as below:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { FormioEditorOptions } from '@davebaol/angular-formio-editor';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
    <div class="content" role="main">
      <div class="col-10 m-4">
        <formio-editor [form]="form" [options]="options"></formio-editor>
      </div>
    </div>
  `,
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  form: any;
  options: FormioEditorOptions;

  constructor() {
    this.form = {
      display: 'form',
      components: []
    };
    this.options = {
      builder: {
        hideDisplaySelect: true,
        output: {
          change: (event) => console.log('Demo: builder change event:', event),
        }
      },
      json: {
        changePanelLocations: ['top', 'bottom'],
        input: {
          options: {
            modes: ['code', 'tree', 'view'], // set allowed modes
            mode: 'view' // set default mode
          }
        }
      },
      renderer: {
        input: {
          options: {
            src: 'http://localhost:8765/api/v1/documents',
            renderOptions: { breadcrumbSettings: { clickable: true } }
          }
        }
      }
    };
  }
}

3️⃣ For better styling, add the lines below to your main style.css file

@import "./styles/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css";
@import '~font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css';
@import "~jsoneditor/dist/jsoneditor.min.css";
@import "~@davebaol/angular-formio-editor/styles.css";

Note that this library only needs the .css from bootstrap, not the .js, since ngx-bootstrap is used internally. So you don't have necessarily to add bootstrap and its peer dependency jQuery.

4️⃣ Troubleshooting

• If during ng build execution you encounter this error

  Generating ES5 bundles for differential loading...
  An unhandled exception occurred: Call retries were exceeded
  

  make sure you're using node 12+. If this does not work for you then try the other possible solutions mentioned here.

Documentation

The component supports the input arguments form, options and reset described below:

• form
  This is a regular form defined by the form.io framework. The component modifies this argument in place.
• options
  The options have 3 properties, one for each tab of the component: builder, json, renderer. Open the spoilers to see the details.
  • options.builder 👈

    {
      // Whether to hide the builder tab or not. Defaults to false.
      hideTab: false,
      // Specify if the builder is the active tab at component startup. Defaults to true. 
      defaultTab: true,
      // Whether to hide or not the embedded select to change the form display. Defaults to false. 
      hideDisplaySelect: false,
    
      // Input and output arguments of the component <formio-builder>.
      // Refer to the official documentation.
      input: {},
      output: {}
    }

  • options.json 👈

    {
      // Whether to hide the json tab or not. Defaults to false.
      hideTab: false,
      // Specify if json is the active tab at component startup. Defaults to false.
      defaultTab: false,
      // The locations relative to the json editor where to show the panel
      // for applying json changes to the form. Defaults to ['top', 'bottom'].
      changePanelLocations: ['top', 'bottom'],
    
      // Input arguments of the component <json-editor>.
      input: {
        // Note that these options are only intended as a component setup at creation-time.
        options: {
          // Whether to expand or not all nodes in tree mode. This is an additional option
          // not supported by the original jsoneditor. Defaults to false.
          expandAll: false,
    
          // Other options supported by the original jsoneditor.
          // See jsoneditor API documentation at the link below
          // https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor/blob/master/docs/api.md#configuration-options
          ...
        }
      },
      // Output arguments of the component <json-editor>.
      output: {
        dataChange: (event: any) => {}
        dataError: (event: any) => {}
      }
    }

  • options.renderer 👈

    {
      // Whether to hide the renderer tab or not. Defaults to false.
      hideTab: false,
      // Specify if renderer is the active tab at component startup. Defaults to false.
      defaultTab: false,
      // Configuration of the submission panel.
      submissionPanel: {
        // Whether to show the submission panel or not. Default to false.
        disabled: false,
        // Whether to initially show full or partial submission. Default to false.
        fullSubmission: false,
        // The json editor of the submitted resource.
        resourceJsonEditor: {
          // Input and output arguments of this component <json-editor>.
          // See options.json.input and options.json.output above.
          input: {},
          output: {}
        },
        // The json editor of the json schema for the submitted resource
        schemaJsonEditor: {
          // Whether to show or not the schema json editor. Defaults to false.
          enabled: true,
          // Input and output arguments of this component <json-editor>.
          // See options.json.input and options.json.output above.
          input: {},
          output: {}
          }
        }
      },
      // Input and output arguments of the component <formio> that renders the form.
      // Refer to the official documentation.
      input: {},
      output: {}
    }

• reset
  An Observable<void> to reset the component.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.