Form Overview
The Kendo UI Form widget allows you to generate and manage forms. Through a variety of configuration options, it makes creating and customizing forms a seamless experience. Achieve the desired form appearance by using default or custom editors, choose layout and orientation, display the editors in groups and columns, and configure validation.
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Initializing the Form
To initialize the Form, use the <form> tag.
The following example demonstrates how to initialize the Form from an existing <form> element. The items option is set, and it allows configuring Kendo UI widgets as form field editors.
<form id="form"></form>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#form").kendoForm({
validatable: { validationSummary: true },
orientation: "vertical",
formData: {
TextBox: "John Doe",
NumericTextBox: 2,
MaskedTextBox: 21313,
DatePicker: new Date(),
DateTimePicker: new Date(),
Switch: true,
DropDownList: 1
},
items: [
{
field: "TextBox",
label: "TextBox",
validation: { required: true }
},
{
field: "NumericTextBox",
editor: "NumericTextBox",
label: "NumericTextBox",
validation: { required: true }
},
{
field: "MaskedTextBox",
editor: "MaskedTextBox",
label: "MaskedTextBox",
validation: { required: true }
},
{
field: "DatePicker",
editor: "DatePicker",
label: "Date Picker:",
validation: { required: true }
},
{
field: "DateTimePicker",
editor: "DateTimePicker",
label: "Date Time Picker:",
validation: { required: true }
},
{
field: "Switch",
editor: "Switch",
label: "Switch",
validation: { required: true }
},
{
field: "DropDownList", editor: "DropDownList", label: "DropDownList", validation: { required: true }, editorOptions: {
optionLabel: "Select item...",
dataSource: [
{ Name: "Item1", Id: 1 },
{ Name: "Item2", Id: 2 }
],
dataTextField: "Name",
dataValueField: "Id"
}
}
]
});
});
</script>
Referencing Existing Instances
To get a reference to an existing Form instance:
- Use the
jQuery.data()method. -
Once a reference is established, use the Form API to control its behavior.
var form = $("#form").data("kendoForm");