redux-form-material-ui
Wrapper components to seamlessly integrate Material UI form controls with Redux Form.
What is redux-form-material-ui?
Redux-form-material-ui is a library that provides wrapper components to integrate Material UI form controls with Redux Form. It solves the problem of connecting Material UI's styled components to Redux Form's state management, enabling developers to build forms with Material UI's design system while leveraging Redux Form's validation and data handling.
React developers using Redux Form and Material UI who need to create forms with consistent styling and robust state management.
Developers choose redux-form-material-ui because it offers pre-built, seamless integration between Material UI and Redux Form, reducing boilerplate code and ensuring proper controlled component behavior without manual wiring.
Overview
A set of wrapper components to facilitate using Material UI with Redux Form
Use Cases
Best For
- Building forms with Material UI design in Redux Form applications
- Integrating Material UI AutoComplete with Redux Form state
- Using Material UI DatePicker and TimePicker in Redux Form
- Creating toggle switches and checkboxes with Redux Form validation
- Implementing dropdown selects with Material UI in Redux Form
- Connecting Material UI Slider components to Redux Form state
Not Ideal For
- Projects using modern form libraries like Formik or React Hook Form instead of Redux Form
- Applications built with Material UI v5 or later due to version compatibility issues
- Teams preferring functional components and hooks over class-based Redux Form setups
- Simple form implementations where Redux Form's state management overhead is unnecessary
Pros & Cons
Pros
Provides wrapper components that directly connect Material UI controls to Redux Form, eliminating manual wiring and reducing boilerplate code, as shown in the usage examples.
Covers a wide range of Material UI form elements like AutoComplete, DatePicker, Slider, and Toggle, ensuring most common form needs are met without custom work.
Aligns with Redux Form's controlled component approach, offering consistent handling of form state and validation, which is core to the library's philosophy.
Includes getRenderedComponent() API to reach underlying Material UI components, useful for advanced interactions like focusing inputs, as documented in the README.
Cons
Material UI's default props such as defaultValue don't work, forcing developers to use Redux Form's initialValues API, which adds complexity and can be less intuitive.
The library has separate branches for Material UI v1-beta, indicating limited support for newer versions and potential maintenance challenges in evolving ecosystems.
Accessing Material UI instance methods requires chaining getRenderedComponent() calls with refs, making code cumbersome and error-prone, as seen in the example.
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Projects
react-reduxOfficial React bindings for Redux
NotistackHighly customizable notification snackbars (toasts) that can be stacked on top of each other
Formik-Material-UIBindings for using Formik with Material-UI
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