Angular 2 Form “Cannot find control with path”

Question

I try to make a dynamic form (so you can limitless add items to a list), but somehow the content of my list is not getting send because it can\'t find the control with path:

Answer 1

There should be a formControlName in your HTML form mapped to your component file.

<div *ngFor="let list_item of [0,1,2]; let i=index" class="panel panel-default">
  {{i + 1}}.) <input type="text" formControlName="{{i}}" placeholder="List Item" class="form-control">
</div>

list_items: this.fb.array([
    [''], //0 points to this
    [''], //1 points to this
    [''] //2 points to this
])

Answer 2

Note that if your FormArray contains other FormGroup controls (which contain other instances of FormControl), you'll need to do this to access the controls inside each FormGroup:

        <div *ngFor="let item of myFormArray.controls; let i=index">
            <div formGroupName="{{i}}">
                <input formControlName="myFormGroupSubControl1" />
                <input formControlName="myFormGroupSubControl2" />

Answer 3

You must use the interpolation.

Instead of:

    <div
      class="form-group"
      *ngFor="let hobbyControl of getControls(); let i = index">
      <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="i">
    </div>

You must use the interpolation with "formControlName":

    <div
      class="form-group"
      *ngFor="let hobbyControl of getControls(); let i = index">
      <input type="text" class="form-control" [formControlName]="i">
    </div>

If you're a using a recent version of Angular, make sure to do the operations in the TypeScript file, instead of in the Web page, as shown below in the file "app.component.ts":

  getControls() {
    return (<FormArray>this.signupForm.get('hobbies')).controls;
  }

Answer 4

I also encountered this error, and I solved this problem by initiating the variables of class(elements in this.fb.array([])).

Code Snippet

    mobileNumbers: this.fb.array([this.fb.group(new MobileNumber('IN'))]),

Where class MobileNumber is used.

export class MobileNumber{
    public country_code: string;
    public mobile_number: string;
    constructor($cc){
        this.country_code = COUNTRY_CODES[$cc];
    }
}

To

export class MobileNumber{
    public country_code = '';
    public mobile_number = '';
    constructor($cc){
        this.country_code = COUNTRY_CODES[$cc];
    }
}

Answer 5

A simple example with FormArray @ stackblitz (gist'd below)

app.component.ts

import { Component,OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FormGroup, FormControl, FormArray, FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: [ './app.component.css' ]
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  fg: FormGroup;
  constructor(private fb: FormBuilder){}
  ngOnInit() {
  this.fg = this.fb.group({
    address: this.fb.group({
      street: ['', Validators.required],
    }),
    aliases: this.fb.array([])
  });
  const fa = (this.fg.get('aliases')as FormArray);
  this.addNewAlias();
  }
  addNewAlias(){
    const fa = (this.fg.get('aliases')as FormArray);
    fa.push(this.fb.group({
      name: ['', Validators.required]
    }));
  }
  deleteAlias(i:number){
    const fa = (this.fg.get('aliases')as FormArray);
    fa.removeAt(i);
    if(fa.length===0) this.addNewAlias();
  }
}

app.component.html

<form [formGroup]="fg" class="spaced">
  <h3>Nested in Group:</h3>
  <div formGroupName="address" class="spaced">
    <label>
      <input type="text" formControlName="street">
      valid: {{fg.get('address').get('street')?.valid}}
    </label>
  </div>
  <h3>Nested in Array:</h3>
  <div formArrayName="aliases" *ngFor="let alias of fg.get('aliases').controls; let i = index;" class="border">
    <div [formGroupName]="i">
      <label>
        Alias {{i+1}}:
        <input formControlName="name" placeholder="Item name">valid: {{alias.get('name')?.valid}}
      </label>
      <button type="button" (click)="deleteAlias(i)">X</button>
    </div>
  </div>
  <button type="button" (click)="addNewAlias()">add</button>
</form>
<div>form valid: {{fg?.valid}}</div>