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Basic form design

Paul Hudson    @twostraws   

Updated for Xcode 14.2

Updated for iOS 15

SwiftUI’s forms work as containers, just like HStack and VStack, which means you can add other views inside them as needed. However, they automatically adapt the behavior and styling of some controls so they fit better in the form environment.

For example, this creates a form with a toggle, a segmented control, and a button:

struct ContentView: View {
    @State private var enableLogging = false
    @State private var selectedColor = "Red"
    @State private var colors = ["Red", "Green", "Blue"]

    var body: some View {
        Form {
            Picker("Select a color", selection: $selectedColor) {
                ForEach(colors, id: \.self) {
                    Text($0)
                }
            }
            .pickerStyle(.segmented)

            Toggle("Enable Logging", isOn: $enableLogging)

            Button("Save changes") {
                // activate theme!
            }
        }
    }
}

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An inset-list style form with a segmented picker offering Red, Green, and Blue, an “Enable Logging” toggle, as well as a blue-text “Save Changes” button.

Important: If you’re using Xcode 12 you need to use SegmentedPickerStyle() rather than .segmented.

When that code is run you’ll see two things that are fundamental to the behavior of forms:

  • On iOS the form automatically adopts the style of a grouped list, so users see a scrolling selection of options.
  • The button has adapted itself to look like an actionable list row – it’s left-aligned and in blue.

You can have as many rows in your form as you need, but remember to use Group if you need more than 10.

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