How to use Material UI Select with react-hook-form?

Question

I've built a form in React using Material UI and React Hook Form. I'm trying to create a custom TextField element that works as a Select Input. I would like it to be an uncontrolled component with a Ref prop. I've tried to pass the inputRef prop as the Material UI and React Hook Form docs recommend but with no success.

            <TextField
              id="id"
              name="name"
              select
              native="true"
              className={classes.textField}
              label="label"
              margin="normal"
              variant="outlined"
              inputRef={register({ required: "Choose one option" })}
              error={!!errors.name}
            >
              <MenuItem value="">Choose one option</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="3">03</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="6">06</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="9">09</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="12">12</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="16">16</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="18">18</MenuItem>
            </TextField>

One thing that I've found is that if I use the native select with ref, it works just fine.

Besides, I tried to change the inputRef prop to a SelectProps one but it didn't work too.

Answer 1

Using Select component from Material UI with react hook form need you to implement custom logic with a Controller https://react-hook-form.com/api#Controller

Here is a reusable component that will hopefully simplify the code to use that Select component in your app:

import React from "react";
import FormControl from "@material-ui/core/FormControl";
import InputLabel from "@material-ui/core/InputLabel";
import Select from "@material-ui/core/Select";
import { Controller } from "react-hook-form";

const ReactHookFormSelect = ({
  name,
  label,
  control,
  defaultValue,
  children,
  ...props
}) => {
  const labelId = `${name}-label`;
  return (
    <FormControl {...props}>
      <InputLabel id={labelId}>{label}</InputLabel>
      <Controller
        as={
          <Select labelId={labelId} label={label}>
            {children}
          </Select>
        }
        name={name}
        control={control}
        defaultValue={defaultValue}
      />
    </FormControl>
  );
};
export default ReactHookFormSelect;

You can use it in your app like this:

           <ReactHookFormSelect
              id="numero_prestacao"
              name="numero_prestacao"
              className={classes.textField}
              label="Em quantas parcelas?"
              control={control}
              defaultValue={numero_prestacao || ""}
              variant="outlined"
              margin="normal"
            >
              <MenuItem value="">Escolha uma opção</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="3">03 parcelas</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="6">06 parcelas</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="9">09 parcelas</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="12">12 parcelas</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="16">16 parcelas</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem value="18">18 parcelas</MenuItem>
            </ReactHookFormSelect>

Here is your codeSandBox updated with this component for the selects in the Information form:

https://codesandbox.io/s/unit-multi-step-form-kgic4?file=/src/Register/Information.jsx:4406-5238