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109 changes: 88 additions & 21 deletions src/content/docs/useform/watch.mdx
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---

## \</> `watch:` <TypeText>(names?: string | string[] | (data, options) => void) => unknown</TypeText>
## \</> `watch:` _<TypeText>some overloads</TypeText>_

This method will watch specified inputs and return their values. It is useful to render input value and for determining what to render by condition.

### Props
### Overloads

This function mainly serves **two purposes**:

1. Returns and keep sync with fields' values
1. <TypeText>`watch(name: string, defaultValue?): unknown`</TypeText>
2. <TypeText>`watch(names: string[], defaultValue?): {[key:string]: unknown}`</TypeText>
3. <TypeText>`watch(): {[key:string]: unknown}`</TypeText>
2. Start subscribing with given callback function (can be stopped by calling `unsubscribe` function)
1. <TypeText>`watch(callback: (data, { name, type }) => void, defaultValues?): { unsubscribe: () => void }`</TypeText>

The explanation of each of these four overloads follows below.

#### 1-a. Watching single field <TypeText>`watch(name: string, defaultValue?: unknown): unknown`</TypeText>

---

Watch and subscribe to a single field used outside of render.

**Params**

| Name | Type | Description |
| -------------- | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- |
| `name` | <TypeText>`string`</TypeText> | the field name |
| `defaultValue` | <TypeText>`unknown`</TypeText> | _optional_. default value for field |

**Returns** the single field value.

```tsx
const name = watch("name")
```

#### 1-b. Watching some fields <TypeText>`watch(names: string[], defaultValue?: {[key:string]: unknown}): unknown[]`</TypeText>

---

| Type | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <TypeText>string</TypeText> | Watch input value by name (similar to lodash [get](https://lodash.com/docs/4.17.15#get) function) |
| <TypeText>string[]</TypeText> | Watch multiple inputs |
| <TypeText>undefined</TypeText> | Watch all inputs |
| <TypeText>`(data: unknown, { name: string, type: string }) => void`</TypeText> | Watch all inputs and invoke a callback |
Watch and subscribe to an array of fields used outside of render.

**Params**

| Name | Type | Description |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| `names` | <TypeText>`string[]`</TypeText> | the field names |
| `defaultValue` | <TypeText>`{[key:string]: unknown}`</TypeText> | _optional_. default values for fields |

**Returns** an array of field values.

```tsx
const [name, name1] = watch(["name", "name1"])
```

### Return
#### 1-c. Watching the entire form <TypeText>`watch(): {[key:string]: unknown}`</TypeText>

---

| Example | Return |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `watch('inputName')` | <TypeText>unknown</TypeText> |
| `watch(['inputName1'])` | <TypeText>unknown[]</TypeText> |
| `watch()` | <TypeText>`{[key:string]: unknown}`</TypeText> |
| `watch((data, { name, type }) => console.log(data, name, type))` | <TypeText>`{ unsubscribe: () => void }`</TypeText> |
Watch and subscribe to the entire form update/change based on onChange and re-render at the useForm.

<Admonition type="important" title="Rules">
**Params** None

**Returns** the entire form values.

```tsx
const formValues = watch()
```

#### 2. Start watching with callback fn <TypeText>`watch(callback: (data, { name, type }) => void, defaultValues?: {[key:string]: unknown}): { unsubscribe: () => void }`</TypeText>

---

Subscribe to field update/change without trigger re-render.

**Params**

| Name | Type | Description |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `callback` | <TypeText>`(data, { name, type }) => void`</TypeText> | callback function to subscribe to all fields changes |
| `defaultValues` | <TypeText>`{[key:string]: unknown}`</TypeText> | _optional_. defaultValues for the entire form |

**Returns** object with `unsubscribe` function.

```tsx
useEffect(() => {
const { unsubscribe } = watch((value) => {
console.log(value)
})
return () => unsubscribe()
}, [watch])
```

### Rules

---

- When `defaultValue` is not defined, the first render of `watch` will return `undefined` because it is called before `register`. It's **recommended** to provide `defaultValues` at `useForm` to avoid this behaviour, but you can set the inline `defaultValue` as the second argument.
- When both `defaultValue` and `defaultValues` are supplied, `defaultValue` will be returned.
- This API will trigger re-render at the root of your app or form, consider using a callback or the [useWatch](/docs/usewatch) api if you are experiencing performance issues.
- `watch` result is optimised for render phase instead of `useEffect`'s deps, to detect value update you may want to use an external custom hook for value comparison.

</Admonition>

**Examples:**
### Examples:

---

**Watch in a Form**
#### Watch in a Form

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**Watch in Field Array**
#### Watch in Field Array

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