React-hook-form's 'reset' is working properly, input fields are still not emptying after submit

Question

I've tried using the "reset" function form react-hook-form but after submitting the input fields are not emptying. I don't know why exactly, I"m sure I"m missing something but cannot find what.

Here's my code:

const Form = () => {
  const [values, setValues] = useState({
    email: "",
    name: "",
    subject: "",
    description: "",
  });

  const { register, handleSubmit, reset, errors } = useForm();


  toastr.options = {"positionClass": "toast-top-right","progressBar": true,}
  const onSubmit = (values, e) => {
    
    const { email, name, subject, description } = values;
    axios.post("http://localhost:8080/sendme", {
      email,
      name,
      subject,
      text: description,
    });
   
    e.target.reset();
    toastr.success('Message was sent successfully!');
   
  };

  const handleChange = (e) => {
    const { name, value } = e.target;
    setValues({
      ...values,
      [name]: value,
    });
    
  };


  return (
    <div>
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)} noValidate>
        <div className="inputField">
          <input
            className={`${errors.email && "inputError"}`}
            name="email"
            type="email"
            ref={register({ required: true, pattern: /^\S+@\S+$/i })}
            placeholder="Your email *"
            value={values.email}
            onChange={handleChange}
          />
          <ErrorMessage error={errors.email} />
        </div>
        <div className="inputField">
          <input
            className={`${errors.name && "inputError"}`}
            name="name"
            type="text"
            placeholder="Your name *"
            ref={register({ required: true })}
            value={values.name}
            onChange={handleChange}
          />
          <ErrorMessage error={errors.name} />
        </div>
        <div className="inputField">
          <input
            className={`${errors.subject && "inputError"}`}
            name="subject"
            type="text"
            placeholder="Subject *"
            ref={register({ required: true })}
            value={values.subject}
            onChange={handleChange}
          />
          <ErrorMessage error={errors.subject} />
        </div>
        <div className="inputField">
          <p className="reqTxt"> * = Required</p>
          <textarea
            className={`${errors.description && "inputError"}`}
            name="description"
            placeholder="Type your message here *"
            ref={register({ required: true, minLength: 15 })}
            value={values.description}
            onChange={handleChange}
            rows="15"
            cols="80"
          ></textarea>
          <ErrorMessage error={errors.description} />
        </div>

        <button className="btn" onClick={reset} type="submit">
          Send message
        </button>
      </form>
    </div>
  );
};

I've imported the reset and used it with onClick but it doesn't seem to work. How should I fix this?

Solution 1

When you using react-hook-form, you are most likely can skip using useState:

https://react-hook-form.com/get-started

Here is a quick example at the get started page:

import React from "react";
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";

export default function App() {
  const { register, handleSubmit, watch, errors } = useForm();
  const onSubmit = data => console.log(data);

  console.log(watch("example")); // watch input value by passing the name of it

  return (
    {/* "handleSubmit" will validate your inputs before invoking "onSubmit" */}
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
    {/* register your input into the hook by invoking the "register" function */}
      <input name="example" defaultValue="test" ref={register} />
      
      {/* include validation with required or other standard HTML validation rules */}
      <input name="exampleRequired" ref={register({ required: true })} />
      {/* errors will return when field validation fails  */}
      {errors.exampleRequired && <span>This field is required</span>}
      
      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  );
}

Solution 2

Make logic, whenever you want to reset your input. just invoke the reset method

import React from "react"
import { useForm } from "react-hook-form"

export default function App() {
  const { register, handleSubmit, errors, reset } = useForm()
  const onSubmit = data => {
    console.log(data)
    reset()
  }

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
      <label htmlFor="firstName">First name</label>
      <input
        id="firstName"
        type="text"
        aria-invalid={errors.firstName ? "true" : "false"}
        name="firstName"
        ref={register({ required: true })}
      />

      <input type="submit" />
    </form>
  )
}

cheer you!

Solution 3

try this:

const submit = (data, e)=>{
      console.log(data);
      e.target.reset();
}

Solution 4

You can use

reset({});

This piece of code reset all your form

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Comments

[Hughes]

This isn't what the docs state: "It's recommended to not invoke reset inside onReset or onSubmit callback." "Because onSubmit callback is async and includes its validation when reset inside the callback it will intercept the result of formState update. This will be problematic when you subscribed to the formState."

[Kojo]

Useful answer : calling reset() does nothing. The empty object passed to reset will state for new values. Even better, reset(defaultValues) if you have defaultValues.