Edit Pre-population Based On ID
Hi! Smaller issue, hope thats okay. I have a dropdown similar to
However, when the form is being prepopulated with data, the label is "1" rather than the expected "New York".
Is there any way I can avoid this and prepopulate based on value?
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Yes, you can handle this issue by using the
useSelect
hook provided by Refine. This hook sends a request via useMany
and gets the data, marking the selected option based on the id
.
Here is an example from the Refine documentation (https://refine.dev/docs/api-reference/core/hooks/useSelect):
In this example, useSelect
is used to fetch the categories and the defaultValue
is set to the id
of the category that should be selected by default. The options
returned by useSelect
are then used to populate the select dropdown. The value
and label
of each option are set based on the id
and title
of each category, respectively.
You can adapt this example to your use case by replacing "categories" with your resource and setting the defaultValue
to the id
of the location that should be selected by default.
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adverse-sapphire•15mo ago
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@kapa.ai Any information on preselecting an option using Antd's <Select>?
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Yes, you can preselect an option in Ant Design's
<Select>
component using the useSelect
hook provided by Refine. This hook allows you to manage the <Select>
component when records in a resource need to be used as select options. It also ensures that the defaultValue
is included in the options.
Here is an example from the Refine documentation (https://refine.dev/docs/api-reference/antd/hooks/field/useSelect):
In this example, useSelect
is used to fetch the categories and the defaultValue
is set to the id
of the category that should be selected by default. The selectProps
returned by useSelect
are then spread into the <Select>
component to populate it with options and preselect the default value.
You can adapt this example to your use case by replacing "categories" with your resource and setting the defaultValue
to the id
of the location that should be selected by default.
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adverse-sapphire•15mo ago
@kapa.ai What if it's inside of a <Form> and already has access to the resource?
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If your
<Select>
component is inside a <Form>
and already has access to the resource, you can still use the useSelect
hook to manage the select options and preselect the default value. The useSelect
hook will fetch the data from the specified resource and return the selectProps
which you can spread into the <Select>
component.
Here's how you can do it:
In this example, the useSelect
hook is used to fetch the categories from the "categories" resource and the defaultValue
is set to 11. The selectProps
returned by useSelect
are then spread into the <Select>
component to populate it with options and preselect the default value.
You can adapt this example to your use case by replacing "categories" with your resource and setting the defaultValue
to the id
of the location that should be selected by default.
For more information, you can refer to the Refine documentation (https://refine.dev/docs/api-reference/antd/hooks/field/useSelect).
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adverse-sapphire•15mo ago
@kapa.ai Any way I could use a key-value object in place of resource?
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Yes, you can use a key-value object to populate the options of the
<Select>
component. However, you won't need the useSelect
hook in this case. Instead, you can directly use the options
prop of the <Select>
component.
Here's an example:
In this example, the options
array is a key-value object where the label
is the text that will be displayed in the dropdown and the value
is the corresponding value for each option. The options
prop of the <Select>
component is then used to populate the dropdown with these options.
To preselect a value, you can use the initialValues
prop of the <Form>
component:
This will preselect the option with the value "1".
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adverse-sapphire•15mo ago
Darn back where i started 😔
Lol the heck? I realized it was doing it fine on another page of mine and copy-pasted it over and now its fine. Even though the code is identical. No idea what just happened
@kapa.ai What are some common reasons useSelect gives an empty dropdown?
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There could be several reasons why the
useSelect
hook might result in an empty dropdown:
1. Resource is not available or incorrect: The useSelect
hook fetches data from the specified resource. If the resource is not available or the resource name is incorrect, the hook won't be able to fetch the data, resulting in an empty dropdown.
2. API endpoint is not returning data: If the API endpoint associated with the resource is not returning data or is returning an error, the useSelect
hook won't be able to populate the dropdown options.
3. Network issues: If there are network issues or the server is down, the useSelect
hook might not be able to fetch the data, resulting in an empty dropdown.
4. Data formatting issues: The useSelect
hook expects the data to be in a specific format. If the data returned by the API endpoint is not in the expected format, the hook might not be able to correctly populate the dropdown options.
To debug this issue, you can check the network tab in your browser's developer tools to see if the request to the API endpoint is successful and if it's returning the expected data. You can also use console logs to check the data returned by the useSelect
hook.
For more information, you can refer to the Refine documentation (https://refine.dev/docs/api-reference/core/hooks/useSelect).
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broad-brown•15mo ago
you can use this to select fields according to your API response https://refine.dev/docs/api-reference/core/hooks/useSelect/#optionlabel-and-optionvalue
but without reproducible example i cannot debug :/