How to press a next button and focus another text field input? - react-native

Question

Version react hook form
^7.27.0
What I tried to follow and without successful
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About what I have
I have 4 text field components at my screen, the name of each text field is name, documentation, email, password and I would like to know how can I setup some configuration that it will be pressed the NEXT button at keyboard and will focus the following text fields?
An example that I have inside at my component file, again I would like to press the next button and the next component that I will config, will be focus.
<TextField
name="name"
label={I18n.t('registerPersonal.fullNameLabel')}
placeholder={I18n.t('registerPersonal.fullNameInput')}
icon={<TypographyIcon fill={!!errors.name && theme.colors.attention} />}
error={errors.name?.message}
errors={errors}
control={control}
returnKeyType="next"
/>
<TextField
name="documentation"
label={I18n.t('registerPersonal.documentIdentificationLabel')}
placeholder={I18n.t('registerPersonal.documentIdentificationInput')}
icon={
<DocumentIcon
fill={!!errors.documentation && theme.colors.attention}
/>
}
error={errors.documentation?.message}
control={control}
returnKeyType="next"
/>
Some properties that I get at my personal hook
const {
control,
handleSubmit,
formState: { errors, isValid }
} = useForm({ resolver: yupResolver(schema) })
My component TextField
import { TextInputProps, Text } from 'react-native'
import { Control, useController } from 'react-hook-form'
import { Container, Wrapper, TextInput, Label } from './styles'
import theme from '../../global/styles/theme'
type TextFieldProps = {
placeholder?: string
label?: string
icon?: React.ReactNode
error?: string
errors?: {
[x: string]: any
}
name: string
control: Control
} & TextInputProps
export function TextField(props: TextFieldProps) {
const { placeholder, label, icon, error, errors, name, control, ...rest } =
props
const { field } = useController({
control,
defaultValue: '',
name
})
return (
<>
<Container>
{!!label && <Label>{label}</Label>}
<Wrapper hasLabel={!!label} hasError={!!error}>
{!!icon && icon}
<TextInput
value={field.value}
onChangeText={field.onChange}
placeholder={error ? error : placeholder}
placeholderTextColor={
error ? theme.colors.attention : theme.colors.grayColor
}
{...rest}
/>
</Wrapper>
{errors && errors.name && errors.name.type === 'matches' && (
<Text>{errors.name.message}</Text>
)}
</Container>
</>
)
}

Answer 1

your component must include ref prop like
<TextInput
ref={inputRef} // this one
value={field.value}
onChangeText={field.onChange}
placeholder={error ? error : placeholder}
placeholderTextColor={
error ? theme.colors.attention : theme.colors.grayColor
}
{...rest}
/>
then, you need to create ref from parent for each field
const emailRef = useRef(null);
const passwordRef = useRef(null);
after this, you need to add the props that is
onSubmitEditing={() => passwordRef.current.focus()} // to auto focus password field
finally,
<TextField
onSubmitEditing={() => passwordRef.current.focus()} // here
name="name"
label={I18n.t('registerPersonal.fullNameLabel')}
placeholder={I18n.t('registerPersonal.fullNameInput')}
icon={<TypographyIcon fill={!!errors.name && theme.colors.attention} />}
error={errors.name?.message}
errors={errors}
control={control}
returnKeyType="next"
/>