Form

Our Form component provides great user experience to collect some data from a user and submit it for extensions needs.

Two Types of Items: Controlled vs. Uncontrolled

Items in React can be one of two types: controlled or uncontrolled.

An uncontrolled item is the simpler of the two. It's the closest to a plain HTML input. React puts it on the page, and Raycast keeps track of the rest. Uncontrolled inputs require less code, but make it harder to do certain things.

With a controlled item, YOU explicitly control the value that the item displays. You have to write code to respond to changes with defining onChange callback, store the current value somewhere, and pass that value back to the item to be displayed. It's a feedback loop with your code in the middle. It's more manual work to wire these up, but they offer the most control.

You can take look at these two styles below under each of the supported items.

Validation

Before submitting data, it is important to ensure all required form controls are filled out, in the correct format.

In Raycast, validation can be fully controlled from the API. To keep the same behavior as we have natively, the proper way of usage is to validate a value in the onBlur callback, update the error of the item and keep track of updates with the onChange callback to drop the error value. The useForm utils hook nicely wraps this behaviour and is the recommended way to do deal with validations.

Keep in mind that if the Form has any errors, the Action.SubmitForm onSubmit callback won't be triggered.

Example

import { Action, ActionPanel, Form, showToast, Toast } from "@raycast/api";
import { useForm, FormValidation } from "@raycast/utils";

interface SignUpFormValues {
  name: string;
  password: string;
}

export default function Command() {
  const { handleSubmit, itemProps } = useForm<SignUpFormValues>({
    onSubmit(values) {
      showToast({
        style: Toast.Style.Success,
        title: "Yay!",
        message: `${values.name} account created`,
      });
    },
    validation: {
      name: FormValidation.Required,
      password: (value) => {
        if (value && value.length < 8) {
          return "Password must be at least 8 symbols";
        } else if (!value) {
          return "The item is required";
        }
      },
    },
  });
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit" onSubmit={handleSubmit} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField title="Full Name" placeholder="Tim Cook" {...itemProps.name} />
      <Form.PasswordField title="New Password" {...itemProps.password} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { Form } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [nameError, setNameError] = useState<string | undefined>();
  const [passwordError, setPasswordError] = useState<string | undefined>();

  function dropNameErrorIfNeeded() {
    if (nameError && nameError.length > 0) {
      setNameError(undefined);
    }
  }

  function dropPasswordErrorIfNeeded() {
    if (passwordError && passwordError.length > 0) {
      setPasswordError(undefined);
    }
  }

  return (
    <Form>
      <Form.TextField
        id="nameField"
        title="Full Name"
        placeholder="Tim Cook"
        error={nameError}
        onChange={dropNameErrorIfNeeded}
        onBlur={(event) => {
          if (event.target.value?.length == 0) {
            setNameError("The field should't be empty!");
          } else {
            dropNameErrorIfNeeded();
          }
        }}
      />
      <Form.PasswordField
        id="password"
        title="New Password"
        error={passwordError}
        onChange={dropPasswordErrorIfNeeded}
        onBlur={(event) => {
          const value = event.target.value;
          if (value && value.length > 0) {
            if (!validatePassword(value)) {
              setPasswordError("Password should be at least 8 characters!");
            } else {
              dropPasswordErrorIfNeeded();
            }
          } else {
            setPasswordError("The field should't be empty!");
          }
        }}
      />
      <Form.TextArea id="bioTextArea" title="Add Bio" placeholder="Describe who you are" />
      <Form.DatePicker id="birthDate" title="Date of Birth" />
    </Form>
  );
}

function validatePassword(value: string): boolean {
  return value.length >= 8;
}

Drafts

Drafts are a mechanism to preserve filled-in inputs (but not yet submitted) when an end-user exits the command. To enable this mechanism, set the enableDrafts prop on your Form and populate the initial values of the Form with the top-level prop draftValues.

Drafts for forms nested in navigation are not supported yet. In this case, you will see a warning about it.
Drafts won't preserve the Form.Password's values.
Drafts will be dropped once Action.SubmitForm is triggered.
If you call popToRoot(), drafts won't be preserved or updated.

Example

import { Form, ActionPanel, Action, popToRoot, LaunchProps } from "@raycast/api";

interface TodoValues {
  title: string;
  description?: string;
  dueDate?: Date;
}

export default function Command(props: LaunchProps<{ draftValues: TodoValues }>) {
  const { draftValues } = props;

  return (
    <Form
      enableDrafts
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm
            onSubmit={(values: TodoValues) => {
              console.log("onSubmit", values);
              popToRoot();
            }}
          />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="title" title="Title" defaultValue={draftValues?.title} />
      <Form.TextArea id="description" title="Description" defaultValue={draftValues?.description} />
      <Form.DatePicker id="dueDate" title="Due Date" defaultValue={draftValues?.dueDate} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { Form, ActionPanel, Action, popToRoot, LaunchProps } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

interface TodoValues {
  title: string;
  description?: string;
  dueDate?: Date;
}

export default function Command(props: LaunchProps<{ draftValues: TodoValues }>) {
  const { draftValues } = props;

  const [title, setTitle] = useState<string>(draftValues?.title || "");
  const [description, setDescription] = useState<string>(draftValues?.description || "");
  const [dueDate, setDueDate] = useState<Date | null>(draftValues?.dueDate || null);

  return (
    <Form
      enableDrafts
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm
            onSubmit={(values: TodoValues) => {
              console.log("onSubmit", values);
              popToRoot();
            }}
          />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="title" title="Title" value={title} onChange={setTitle} />
      <Form.TextArea id="description" title="Description" value={description} onChange={setDescription} />
      <Form.DatePicker id="dueDate" title="Due Date" value={dueDate} onChange={setDueDate} />
    </Form>
  );
}

API Reference

Form

Shows a list of form items such as Form.TextField, Form.Checkbox or Form.Dropdown.

Optionally add a Form.LinkAccessory in the right-hand side of the navigation bar.

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

actions

A reference to an ActionPanel.

React.ReactNode

children

The Form.Item elements of the form.

React.ReactNode

enableDrafts

Defines whether the Form.Items values will be preserved when user exits the screen.

boolean

isLoading

Indicates whether a loading bar should be shown or hidden below the search bar

boolean

navigationTitle

The main title for that view displayed in Raycast

string

searchBarAccessory

Form.LinkAccessory that will be shown in the right-hand-side of the search bar.

ReactElement<Form.LinkAccessory.Props, string>

Form.TextField

A form item with a text field for input.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Name" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="name" defaultValue="Steve" />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [name, setName] = useState<string>("");

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Name" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="name" value={name} onChange={setName} />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

defaultValue

The default value of the item. Keep in mind that defaultValue will be configured once per component lifecycle. This means that if a user changes the value, defaultValue won't be configured on re-rendering. If you're using storeValue and configured it as true then the stored value will be set. If you configure value at the same time with defaultValue, the value will be set instead of defaultValue.

string

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: string) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

placeholder

Placeholder text shown in the text field.

string

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

string

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.PasswordField

A form item with a secure text field for password-entry in which the entered characters must be kept secret.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Password" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.PasswordField id="password" title="Enter Password" />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [password, setPassword] = useState<string>("");

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Password" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.PasswordField id="password" value={password} onChange={setPassword} />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

defaultValue

string

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: string) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

placeholder

Placeholder text shown in the password field.

string

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

string

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.TextArea

A form item with a text area for input. The item supports multiline text entry.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

const DESCRIPTION =
  "We spend too much time staring at loading indicators. The Raycast team is dedicated to make everybody interact faster with their computers.";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Description" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextArea id="description" defaultValue={DESCRIPTION} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [description, setDescription] = useState<string>("");

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Description" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextArea id="description" value={description} onChange={setDescription} />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

defaultValue

string

enableMarkdown

Whether markdown will be highlighted in the TextArea or not. When enabled, markdown shortcuts starts to work for the TextArea (pressing ⌘ + B will add **bold** around the selected text, ⌘ + I will make the selected text italic, etc.)

boolean

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: string) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

placeholder

Placeholder text shown in the text area.

string

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

string

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.Checkbox

A form item with a checkbox.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Answer" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Checkbox id="answer" label="Are you happy?" defaultValue={true} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [checked, setChecked] = useState(true);

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Answer" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Checkbox id="answer" label="Do you like orange juice?" value={checked} onChange={setChecked} />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

label*

The label displayed on the right side of the checkbox.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

defaultValue

boolean

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<boolean>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: boolean) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<boolean>) => void

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

boolean

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.DatePicker

A form item with a date picker.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Form" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.DatePicker id="dateOfBirth" title="Date of Birth" defaultValue={new Date(1955, 1, 24)} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [date, setDate] = useState<Date | null>(null);

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Form" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.DatePicker id="launchDate" title="Launch Date" value={date} onChange={setDate} />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

defaultValue

Date

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

max

The maximum date (inclusive) allowed for selection. - If the PickDate type is Type.Date, only the full day date will be considered for comparison, ignoring the time components of the Date object. - If the PickDate type is Type.DateTime, both date and time components will be considered for comparison. The date should be a JavaScript Date object.

Date

min

The minimum date (inclusive) allowed for selection. - If the PickDate type is Type.Date, only the full day date will be considered for comparison, ignoring the time components of the Date object. - If the PickDate type is Type.DateTime, both date and time components will be considered for comparison. The date should be a JavaScript Date object.

Date

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<Date>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: Date) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<Date>) => void

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

type

Indicates what types of date components can be picked Defaults to Form.DatePicker.Type.DateTime

Form.DatePicker.Type

value

The current value of the item.

Date

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.DatePicker.isFullDay

A method that determines if a given date represents a full day or a specific time.

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm
            title="Create Event"
            onSubmit={(values) => {
              if (Form.DatePicker.isFullDay(values.reminderDate)) {
                // the event is for a full day
              } else {
                // the event is at a specific time
              }
            }}
          />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.DatePicker id="eventTitle" title="Title" />
      <Form.DatePicker id="eventDate" title="Date" />
    </Form>
  );
}

A form item with a dropdown menu.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Favorite" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Dropdown id="emoji" title="Favorite Emoji" defaultValue="lol">
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="poop" title="Pile of poop" icon="💩" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="rocket" title="Rocket" icon="🚀" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="lol" title="Rolling on the floor laughing face" icon="🤣" />
      </Form.Dropdown>
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [programmingLanguage, setProgrammingLanguage] = useState<string>("typescript");

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Favorite" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Dropdown
        id="dropdown"
        title="Favorite Language"
        value={programmingLanguage}
        onChange={setProgrammingLanguage}
      >
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="cpp" title="C++" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="javascript" title="JavaScript" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="ruby" title="Ruby" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="python" title="Python" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="swift" title="Swift" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="typescript" title="TypeScript" />
      </Form.Dropdown>
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

children

Sections or items. If Form.Dropdown.Item elements are specified, a default section is automatically created.

React.ReactNode

defaultValue

string

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

filtering

Toggles Raycast filtering. When true, Raycast will use the query in the search bar to filter the items. When false, the extension needs to take care of the filtering. You can further define how native filtering orders sections by setting an object with a keepSectionOrder property: When true, ensures that Raycast filtering maintains the section order as defined in the extension. When false, filtering may change the section order depending on the ranking values of items.

boolean or { keepSectionOrder: boolean }

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

isLoading

Indicates whether a loading indicator should be shown or hidden next to the search bar

boolean

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: string) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<string>) => void

onSearchTextChange

Callback triggered when the search bar text changes.

(text: string) => void

placeholder

Placeholder text that will be shown in the dropdown search field.

string

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

throttle

Defines whether the onSearchTextChange handler will be triggered on every keyboard press or with a delay for throttling the events. Recommended to set to true when using custom filtering logic with asynchronous operations (e.g. network requests).

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

string

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

A dropdown item in a Form.Dropdown

Example

import { Action, ActionPanel, Form, Icon } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Icon" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Dropdown id="icon" title="Icon">
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="circle" title="Cirlce" icon={Icon.Circle} />
      </Form.Dropdown>
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

title*

The title displayed for the item.

string

value*

Value of the dropdown item. Make sure to assign each unique value for each item.

string

icon

A optional icon displayed for the item.

Image.ImageLike

keywords

An optional property used for providing additional indexable strings for search. When filtering the items in Raycast, the keywords will be searched in addition to the title.

string[]

Visually separated group of dropdown items.

Use sections to group related menu items together.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Favorite" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Dropdown id="food" title="Favorite Food">
        <Form.Dropdown.Section title="Fruits">
          <Form.Dropdown.Item value="apple" title="Apple" icon="🍎" />
          <Form.Dropdown.Item value="banana" title="Banana" icon="🍌" />
        </Form.Dropdown.Section>
        <Form.Dropdown.Section title="Vegetables">
          <Form.Dropdown.Item value="broccoli" title="Broccoli" icon="🥦" />
          <Form.Dropdown.Item value="carrot" title="Carrot" icon="🥕" />
        </Form.Dropdown.Section>
      </Form.Dropdown>
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

children

The item elements of the section.

React.ReactNode

title

Title displayed above the section

string

Form.TagPicker

A form item with a tag picker that allows the user to select multiple items.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Favorite" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TagPicker id="sports" title="Favorite Sports" defaultValue={["football"]}>
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="basketball" title="Basketball" icon="🏀" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="football" title="Football" icon="⚽️" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="tennis" title="Tennis" icon="🎾" />
      </Form.TagPicker>
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [countries, setCountries] = useState<string[]>(["ger", "ned", "pol"]);

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Countries" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TagPicker id="countries" title="Visited Countries" value={countries} onChange={setCountries}>
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="ger" title="Germany" icon="🇩🇪" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="ind" title="India" icon="🇮🇳" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="ned" title="Netherlands" icon="🇳🇱" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="nor" title="Norway" icon="🇳🇴" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="pol" title="Poland" icon="🇵🇱" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="rus" title="Russia" icon="🇷🇺" />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="sco" title="Scotland" icon="🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿" />
      </Form.TagPicker>
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

children

The list of tags.

React.ReactNode

defaultValue

string[]

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<string[]>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: string[]) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<string[]>) => void

placeholder

Placeholder text shown in the token field.

string

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

string[]

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.TagPicker.Item

A tag picker item in a Form.TagPicker.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Color, Form, Icon, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Color" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TagPicker id="color" title="Color">
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="red" title="Red" icon={{ source: Icon.Circle, tintColor: Color.Red }} />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="green" title="Green" icon={{ source: Icon.Circle, tintColor: Color.Green }} />
        <Form.TagPicker.Item value="blue" title="Blue" icon={{ source: Icon.Circle, tintColor: Color.Blue }} />
      </Form.TagPicker>
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

title*

The display title of the tag.

string

value*

Value of the tag. Make sure to assign unique value for each item.

string

icon

An icon to show in the tag.

Image.ImageLike

Form.Separator

A form item that shows a separator line. Use for grouping and visually separating form items.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Form" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="textfield" />
      <Form.Separator />
      <Form.TextArea id="textarea" />
    </Form>
  );
}

Form.FilePicker

A form item with a button to open a dialog to pick some files and/or some directories (depending on its props).

While the user picked some items that existed, it might be possible for them to be deleted or changed when the onSubmit callback is called. Hence you should always make sure that the items exist before acting on them!

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import fs from "fs";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm
            title="Submit Name"
            onSubmit={(values: { files: string[] }) => {
              const files = values.files.filter((file: any) => fs.existsSync(file) && fs.lstatSync(file).isFile());
              console.log(files);
            }}
          />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.FilePicker id="files" />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import fs from "fs";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm
            title="Submit Name"
            onSubmit={(values: { files: string[] }) => {
              const file = values.files[0];
              if (!fs.existsSync(file) || !fs.lstatSync(file).isFile()) {
                return false;
              }
              console.log(file);
            }}
          />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.FilePicker id="files" allowMultipleSelection={false} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import fs from "fs";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm
            title="Submit Name"
            onSubmit={(values: { folders: string[] }) => {
              const folder = values.folders[0];
              if (!fs.existsSync(folder) || fs.lstatSync(folder).isDirectory()) {
                return false;
              }
              console.log(folder);
            }}
          />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.FilePicker id="folders" allowMultipleSelection={false} canChooseDirectories canChooseFiles={false} />
    </Form>
  );
}

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";
import { useState } from "react";

export default function Command() {
  const [files, setFiles] = useState<string[]>([]);

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Name" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.FilePicker id="files" value={files} onChange={setFiles} />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

id*

ID of the form item. Make sure to assign each form item a unique id.

string

allowMultipleSelection

Indicates whether the user can select multiple items or only one.

boolean

autoFocus

Indicates whether the item should be focused automatically once the form is rendered.

boolean

canChooseDirectories

Indicates whether it's possible to choose a directory.

boolean

canChooseFiles

Indicates whether it's possible to choose a file.

boolean

defaultValue

string[]

error

An optional error message to show the form item validation issues. If the error is present, the Form Item will be highlighted with red border and will show an error message on the right.

string

info

An optional info message to describe the form item. It appears on the right side of the item with an info icon. When the icon is hovered, the info message is shown.

string

onBlur

The callback that will be triggered when the item loses its focus.

(event: FormEvent<string[]>) => void

onChange

The callback which will be triggered when the value of the item changes.

(newValue: string[]) => void

onFocus

The callback which will be triggered should be called when the item is focused.

(event: FormEvent<string[]>) => void

showHiddenFiles

Indicates whether the file picker displays files that are normally hidden from the user.

boolean

storeValue

Indicates whether the value of the item should be persisted after submitting, and restored next time the form is rendered.

boolean

title

The title displayed on the left side of the item.

string

value

The current value of the item.

string[]

Methods (Imperative API)

Name

Signature

Description

focus

() => void

Makes the item request focus.

reset

() => void

Resets the form item to its initial value, or defaultValue if specified.

Form.Description

A form item with a simple text label.

Do not use this component to show validation messages for other form fields.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.Description
        title="Import / Export"
        text="Exporting will back-up your preferences, quicklinks, snippets, floating notes, script-command folder paths, aliases, hotkeys, favorites and other data."
      />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

text*

Text that will be displayed in the middle.

string

title

The display title of the left side from the description item.

string

Form.LinkAccessory

A link that will be shown in the right-hand side of the navigation bar.

Example

import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Command() {
  return (
    <Form
      searchBarAccessory={
        <Form.LinkAccessory
          target="https://developers.raycast.com/api-reference/user-interface/form"
          text="Open Documentation"
        />
      }
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit Name" onSubmit={(values) => console.log(values)} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="name" defaultValue="Steve" />
    </Form>
  );
}

Props

Prop

Description

Type

Default

target*

The target of the link.

string

text*

The text value of the item.

string

Types

Form.Event

Some Form.Item callbacks (like onFocus and onBlur) can return a Form.Event object that you can use in a different ways.

Property

Description

Type

target*

An interface containing target data related to the event

{ id: string; value?: any }

type*

A type of event

Form.Event.Type

Example

import { Form } from "@raycast/api";

export default function Main() {
  return (
    <Form>
      <Form.TextField id="textField" title="Text Field" onBlur={logEvent} onFocus={logEvent} />
      <Form.TextArea id="textArea" title="Text Area" onBlur={logEvent} onFocus={logEvent} />
      <Form.Dropdown id="dropdown" title="Dropdown" onBlur={logEvent} onFocus={logEvent}>
        {[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].map((num) => (
          <Form.Dropdown.Item value={String(num)} title={String(num)} key={num} />
        ))}
      </Form.Dropdown>
      <Form.TagPicker id="tagPicker" title="Tag Picker" onBlur={logEvent} onFocus={logEvent}>
        {[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].map((num) => (
          <Form.TagPicker.Item value={String(num)} title={String(num)} key={num} />
        ))}
      </Form.TagPicker>
    </Form>
  );
}

function logEvent(event: Form.Event<string[] | string>) {
  console.log(`Event '${event.type}' has happened for '${event.target.id}'. Current 'value': '${event.target.value}'`);
}

Form.Event.Type

The different types of Form.Event. Can be "focus" or "blur".

Form.Values

Values of items in the form.

For type-safe form values, you can define your own interface. Use the ID's of the form items as the property name.

Example

import { Form, Action, ActionPanel } from "@raycast/api";

interface Values {
  todo: string;
  due?: Date;
}

export default function Command() {
  function handleSubmit(values: Values) {
    console.log(values);
  }

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit" onSubmit={handleSubmit} />
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="todo" title="Todo" />
      <Form.DatePicker id="due" title="Due Date" />
    </Form>
  );
}

Properties

Name

Type

Required

Description

[itemId: string]

any

Yes

The form value of a given item.

Form.DatePicker.Type

The types of date components the user can pick with a Form.DatePicker.

Enumeration members

Name

Description

DateTime

Hour and second can be picked in addition to year, month and day

Date

Only year, month, and day can be picked

Imperative API

You can use React's useRef hook to create variables which have access to imperative APIs (such as .focus() or .reset()) exposed by the native form items.

import { useRef } from "react";
import { ActionPanel, Form, Action } from "@raycast/api";

interface FormValues {
  nameField: string;
  bioTextArea: string;
  datePicker: string;
}

export default function Command() {
  const textFieldRef = useRef<Form.TextField>(null);
  const textAreaRef = useRef<Form.TextArea>(null);
  const datePickerRef = useRef<Form.DatePicker>(null);
  const passwordFieldRef = useRef<Form.PasswordField>(null);
  const dropdownRef = useRef<Form.Dropdown>(null);
  const tagPickerRef = useRef<Form.TagPicker>(null);
  const firstCheckboxRef = useRef<Form.Checkbox>(null);
  const secondCheckboxRef = useRef<Form.Checkbox>(null);

  async function handleSubmit(values: FormValues) {
    console.log(values);
    datePickerRef.current?.focus();
    dropdownRef.current?.reset();
  }

  return (
    <Form
      actions={
        <ActionPanel>
          <Action.SubmitForm title="Submit" onSubmit={handleSubmit} />
          <ActionPanel.Section title="Focus">
            <Action title="Focus TextField" onAction={() => textFieldRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus TextArea" onAction={() => textAreaRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus DatePicker" onAction={() => datePickerRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus PasswordField" onAction={() => passwordFieldRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus Dropdown" onAction={() => dropdownRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus TagPicker" onAction={() => tagPickerRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus First Checkbox" onAction={() => firstCheckboxRef.current?.focus()} />
            <Action title="Focus Second Checkbox" onAction={() => secondCheckboxRef.current?.focus()} />
          </ActionPanel.Section>
          <ActionPanel.Section title="Reset">
            <Action title="Reset TextField" onAction={() => textFieldRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset TextArea" onAction={() => textAreaRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset DatePicker" onAction={() => datePickerRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset PasswordField" onAction={() => passwordFieldRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset Dropdown" onAction={() => dropdownRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset TagPicker" onAction={() => tagPickerRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset First Checkbox" onAction={() => firstCheckboxRef.current?.reset()} />
            <Action title="Reset Second Checkbox" onAction={() => secondCheckboxRef.current?.reset()} />
          </ActionPanel.Section>
        </ActionPanel>
      }
    >
      <Form.TextField id="textField" title="TextField" ref={textFieldRef} />
      <Form.TextArea id="textArea" title="TextArea" ref={textAreaRef} />
      <Form.DatePicker id="datePicker" title="DatePicker" ref={datePickerRef} />
      <Form.PasswordField id="passwordField" title="PasswordField" ref={passwordFieldRef} />
      <Form.Separator />
      <Form.Dropdown
        id="dropdown"
        title="Dropdown"
        defaultValue="first"
        onChange={(newValue) => {
          console.log(newValue);
        }}
        ref={dropdownRef}
      >
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="first" title="First" />
        <Form.Dropdown.Item value="second" title="Second" />
      </Form.Dropdown>
      <Form.Separator />
      <Form.TagPicker
        id="tagPicker"
        title="TagPicker"
        ref={tagPickerRef}
        onChange={(t) => {
          console.log(t);
        }}
      >
        {["one", "two", "three"].map((tag) => (
          <Form.TagPicker.Item key={tag} value={tag} title={tag} />
        ))}
      </Form.TagPicker>
      <Form.Separator />
      <Form.Checkbox
        id="firstCheckbox"
        title="First Checkbox"
        label="First Checkbox"
        ref={firstCheckboxRef}
        onChange={(checked) => {
          console.log("first checkbox onChange ", checked);
        }}
      />
      <Form.Checkbox
        id="secondCheckbox"
        title="Second Checkbox"
        label="Second Checkbox"
        ref={secondCheckboxRef}
        onChange={(checked) => {
          console.log("second checkbox onChange ", checked);
        }}
      />
      <Form.Separator />
    </Form>
  );
}

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