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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/calm-fields-reset.md
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'@tanstack/form-core': patch
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Fix `form.resetField()` leaving the current value in place when the field's default value is `undefined`. The field is now reset to `undefined`, matching `form.reset()` and `isDefaultValue`.
9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts
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Expand Up @@ -2941,17 +2941,18 @@ export class FormApi<
this.getFieldInfo(field).instance?.options.defaultValue
const formDefault = getBy(this.options.defaultValues, field)
const targetValue = fieldDefault ?? formDefault
const hasDefault =
fieldDefault !== undefined || this.options.defaultValues !== undefined
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve a field-level null default when resetting.

If a mounted field has defaultValue: null and the form has no defaultValues, hasDefault is true, but fieldDefault ?? formDefault resolves to undefined. resetField() now replaces the current value with undefined instead of restoring null. This also differs from form.reset(), which applies the field-level null default. Resolve the target by checking whether fieldDefault is undefined, and add a field-level null case to the tests. (tanstack.com)

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Review comment at @packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts around lines 2944 - 2945:
Update resetField’s default-value selection to fall back to the form default
only when fieldDefault is undefined, preserving a field-level null value; add a
test confirming resetField restores null when no form defaultValues are set.

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return {
...prev,
fieldMetaBase: {
...prev.fieldMetaBase,
[field]: defaultFieldMeta,
},
values:
targetValue !== undefined
? setBy(prev.values, field, targetValue)
: prev.values,
values: hasDefault
? setBy(prev.values, field, targetValue)
: prev.values,
}
})
}
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96 changes: 96 additions & 0 deletions packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4236,6 +4236,102 @@ it('should preserve nested fields on resetField if defaultValues is not provided
expect(form.state.values.nested.field.name).toEqual('Nested')
})

it.each([
['undefined', undefined],
['null', null],
['an empty string', ''],
['false', false],
['0', 0],
['a defined value', 'tony'],
])(
'should reset a field to a form-level default of %s on resetField',
(_, defaultValue) => {
const form = new FormApi({
defaultValues: { name: defaultValue } as { name: unknown },
})
form.mount()

const field = new FieldApi({ form, name: 'name' })
field.mount()

field.setValue('hawk')
expect(field.getMeta().isDefaultValue).toBe(false)

form.resetField('name')

expect(form.state.values.name).toBe(defaultValue)
expect(field.state.value).toBe(defaultValue)
expect(field.getMeta().isDefaultValue).toBe(true)
expect(field.getMeta().isTouched).toBe(false)
},
)

it('should reset a field to undefined on resetField if its key is missing from defaultValues', () => {
const form = new FormApi({
defaultValues: {} as { name?: string },
})
form.mount()

const field = new FieldApi({ form, name: 'name' })
field.mount()

field.setValue('hawk')
form.resetField('name')

expect(form.state.values.name).toBeUndefined()
expect(field.getMeta().isDefaultValue).toBe(true)
})

it('should reset nested fields with undefined defaults on resetField without changing their siblings', () => {
const form = new FormApi({
defaultValues: {
nested: { name: undefined, age: 1 },
people: [{ name: undefined }, { name: 'second' }],
} as {
nested: { name?: string; age: number }
people: { name?: string }[]
},
})
form.mount()

form.setFieldValue('nested.name', 'Nested')
form.setFieldValue('nested.age', 2)
form.setFieldValue('people[0].name', 'first')
form.setFieldValue('people[1].name', 'changed')

form.resetField('nested.name')
form.resetField('people[0].name')

expect(form.state.values).toEqual({
nested: { name: undefined, age: 2 },
people: [{ name: undefined }, { name: 'changed' }],
})
})

it.each([
['a defined value', 'tony'],
['an empty string', ''],
['false', false],
['0', 0],
])(
'should reset a field to a field-level default of %s on resetField if defaultValues is not provided',
(_, defaultValue) => {
const form = new FormApi({
defaultState: { values: { name: 'initial' } as { name: unknown } },
})
form.mount()

const field = new FieldApi({ form, name: 'name', defaultValue })
field.mount()

field.setValue('hawk')
form.resetField('name')

expect(form.state.values.name).toBe(defaultValue)
expect(field.getMeta().isDefaultValue).toBe(true)
},
)

it('should accept formId and return it', () => {
const form = new FormApi({
defaultValues: { age: 0 },
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