I'm using angular 8 with formGroup and formController for validation which works great through reactive as well as template-driven form. However, I was trying to use "ngModel" in angular 8 with "ngModelOptions" attributes (it's a dynamically generated fields). It shows field level validations correctly with "required" attribute, but I'm unable prevent button click or disable the "button" on error validation state. A sample code is given below:
<form [formGroup]="myForm" #form1="ngForm">
<!-- few formControlName fields here -->
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput [(ngModel)]="firstname" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}" [placeholder]="First name" required />
<mat-error>This field is <strong>required</strong></mat-error>
</mat-form-field>
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput [(ngModel)]="lastname" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}" [placeholder]="Last name" required />
<mat-error>This field is <strong>required</strong></mat-error>
</mat-form-field>
<button mat-button [disabled]="!(form1.form.valid)">Submit</button>
</form>
Submit button never disabled in spite of the blank first name and last name fields. I understand When you mark it as standalone: true this will not happen (it will not be added to the FormGroup). But is there any workaround or other approaches where I can achieve the ngModel validations to restrict the form submission on the button?
if you put in the same tag
<form [formGroup]="myForm" #form1="ngForm">
"form1" is myForm, and "firstName" and "lastName" don't belong to myForm.
if you use
[ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}"
your input don't belong to any form.
You can add in your inputs #firstnameID="ngModel" and #lastnameID="ngModel" and ask about firstnameID.valid and lastnameID.valid
<form [formGroup]="myForm" #form1="ngForm">
<!-- few formControlName fields here -->
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput [(ngModel)]="firstname"
#firstnameID="ngModel"
[ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}"
placeholder="First name" required />
<mat-error>This field is <strong>required</strong></mat-error>
</mat-form-field>
<mat-form-field>
<input matInput [(ngModel)]="lastname"
#lastnameID="ngModel"
[ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}"
placeholder="Last name" required />
<mat-error>This field is <strong>required</strong></mat-error>
</mat-form-field>
<button mat-button [disabled]="!(myForm.valid) ||
!firstnameID.valid ||
!lastnameID.valid">Submit</button>
</form>
NOTE: I suppose it's not the answer you expect but it's in this way