tanstack-form

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Use this skill when building or modifying forms with TanStack Form and Zod validation. Covers createForm, field-level validation, error handling, and mapping ProblemDetails API errors to form fields. Apply when adding new forms, implementing validation logic, or handling form submission in the Svelte frontend.

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TanStack Form

Documentation: tanstack.com/form. Use official docs when the local pattern is not enough.

Use TanStack Form (@tanstack/svelte-form) with Zod for form state management.

Zod Schema Generation

Schemas are generated from backend models and extended in feature slices:

// Generated in $generated/schemas.ts (auto-generated from backend)
export const LoginSchema = object({ email: email(), password: string() });
export type LoginFormData = Infer<typeof LoginSchema>;

// Extended in feature schemas.ts
// From src/lib/features/auth/schemas.ts
import { ChangePasswordModelSchema } from "$generated/schemas";

export const ChangePasswordSchema = ChangePasswordModelSchema.extend({
    confirm_password: string().min(6).max(100),
}).refine((data) => data.password === data.confirm_password, {
    message: "Passwords do not match",
    path: ["confirm_password"],
});
export type ChangePasswordFormData = Infer<typeof ChangePasswordSchema>;

// Re-export generated schemas
export { LoginSchema, type LoginFormData } from "$generated/schemas";

Basic Form Pattern

From src/Exceptionless.Web/ClientApp/src/routes/(auth)/login/+page.svelte:

<script lang="ts">
    import { createForm } from '@tanstack/svelte-form';
    import * as Field from '$comp/ui/field';
    import { Input } from '$comp/ui/input';
    import { Button } from '$comp/ui/button';
    import { type LoginFormData, LoginSchema } from '$features/auth/schemas';
    import { ariaInvalid, mapFieldErrors, problemDetailsToFormErrors } from '$shared/validation';

    const form = createForm(() => ({
        defaultValues: {
            email: '',
            password: ''
        } as LoginFormData,
        validators: {
            onSubmit: LoginSchema,
            onSubmitAsync: async ({ value }) => {
                const response = await login(value.email, value.password);
                if (response.ok) {
                    await goto('/');
                    return null;
                }
                return problemDetailsToFormErrors(response.problem);
            }
        }
    }));
</script>

<form onsubmit={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); form.handleSubmit(); }}>
    <form.Field name="email">
        {#snippet children(field)}
            <Field.Field data-invalid={ariaInvalid(field)}>
                <Field.Label for={field.name}>Email</Field.Label>
                <Input
                    id={field.name}
                    type="email"
                    value={field.state.value}
                    onblur={field.handleBlur}
                    oninput={(e) => field.handleChange(e.currentTarget.value)}
                    aria-invalid={ariaInvalid(field)}
                />
                <Field.Error errors={mapFieldErrors(field.state.meta.errors)} />
            </Field.Field>
        {/snippet}
    </form.Field>

    <form.Subscribe selector={(state) => state.isSubmitting}>
        {#snippet children(isSubmitting)}
            <Button type="submit" disabled={isSubmitting}>
                {isSubmitting ? 'Logging in...' : 'Log In'}
            </Button>
        {/snippet}
    </form.Subscribe>
</form>

Server Error Handling

Convert ProblemDetails to form errors:

onSubmitAsync: async ({ value }) => {
    const response = await login(value.email, value.password);
    if (response.ok) return null;
    return problemDetailsToFormErrors(response.problem);
};

Form in Dialog Pattern

Close dialog only after successful submission:

let open = $state(false);

const form = createForm(() => ({
    defaultValues: { name: '' },
    validators: {
        onSubmit: mySchema,
        onSubmitAsync: async ({ value }) => {
            try {
                await createMutation.mutateAsync(value);
                open = false;
                return null;
            } catch (error: unknown) {
                if (error instanceof ProblemDetails) {
                    return problemDetailsToFormErrors(error);
                }
                return { form: 'An unexpected error occurred' };
            }
        }
    }
}));

References

See shadcn-svelte for Field component patterns.