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Forms in React: Submitting the form
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Forms in React: Submitting the form
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import React from "react"

export default function Form() {
const [formData, setFormData] = React.useState(
{
firstName: "",
lastName: "",
email: "",
comments: "",
isFriendly: true,
employment: "",
favColor: ""
}
)
console.log(formData.favColor)

function handleChange(event) {
console.log(event)
const {name, value, type, checked} = event.target
setFormData(prevFormData => {
return {
...prevFormData,
[name]: type === "checkbox" ? checked : value
}
})
}

return (
<form>
<input
type="text"
placeholder="First Name"
onChange={handleChange}
name="firstName"
value={formData.firstName}
/>
<input
type="text"
placeholder="Last Name"
onChange={handleChange}
name="lastName"
value={formData.lastName}
/>
<input
type="email"
placeholder="Email"
onChange={handleChange}
name="email"
value={formData.email}
/>
<textarea
value={formData.comments}
placeholder="Comments"
onChange={handleChange}
name="comments"
/>
<input
type="checkbox"
id="isFriendly"
checked={formData.isFriendly}
onChange={handleChange}
name="isFriendly"
/>
<label htmlFor="isFriendly">Are you friendly?</label>
<br />
<br />

<fieldset>
<legend>Current employment status</legend>
<input
type="radio"
id="unemployed"
name="employment"
value="unemployed"
checked={formData.employment === "unemployed"}
onChange={handleChange}
/>
<label htmlFor="unemployed">Unemployed</label>
<br />

<input
type="radio"
id="part-time"
name="employment"
value="part-time"
checked={formData.employment === "part-time"}
onChange={handleChange}
/>
<label htmlFor="part-time">Part-time</label>
<br />

<input
type="radio"
id="full-time"
name="employment"
value="full-time"
checked={formData.employment === "full-time"}
onChange={handleChange}
/>
<label htmlFor="full-time">Full-time</label>
<br />
</fieldset>
<br />

<label htmlFor="favColor">What is your favorite color?</label>
<br />
<select
id="favColor"
value={formData.favColor}
onChange={handleChange}
name="favColor"
>
<option value="red">Red</option>
<option value="orange">Orange</option>
<option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
<option value="green">Green</option>
<option value="blue">Blue</option>
<option value="indigo">Indigo</option>
<option value="violet">Violet</option>
</select>
</form>
)
}
Console
""
,
SyntheticBaseEvent
,
"orange"
,
SyntheticBaseEvent
,
"yellow"
,
SyntheticBaseEvent
,
"blue"
,
/index.html
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