FormControlLabel

Source@react-form-builder/components-material-ui

Introduction

The FormControlLabel component wraps form controls with labels for better accessibility and consistent styling. It is commonly used to associate labels with checkboxes, radio buttons, switches, and other form controls, ensuring proper accessibility attributes and consistent spacing. The component follows Material Design guidelines for form controls with proper label placement and interaction states.

The FormControlLabel component is based on Material UI FormControlLabel. It is included within the following NPM package: @react-form-builder/components-material-ui.

The FormControlLabel component can be styled and configured to fit specific design and functionality requirements by using various properties that are presented and described below.

Main properties

The following general properties are available within the Main tab:

Name	Type	Description
Control	ReactElement	The form control component (e.g., Checkbox, Radio, Switch)
Value	any	The value of the component
Checked	boolean	If true, the component appears selected (for controlled components)
Disabled	boolean	If true, the component will be disabled
Disable typography	boolean	If true, disables typography styling for the label
label	string | ReactNode	The label text or content
Label placement	'end' | 'start' | 'top' | 'bottom'	The position of the label relative to the control (default: 'end')

At the bottom of the Main properties menu, you can find additional options:

• Render When: Provides conditional rendering for your component as described in the corresponding chapter.
• HTML attributes: Allows you to provide custom HTML attributes for your form.

Style properties

These are properties that allow to customize the size, color and other style properties of your component:

• For Device: You can provide component's style customization for all devices or specific devices by using this dropdown list. Refer to Adaptive Layout for more details.

• Component > Class Name: Add a class name for your component for the subsequent styling if necessary.

• Wrapper: The options below enable you to tailor the appearance of your component and customize it for a specific device type, as selected in the For Device property:

  Name	Type	Description
  Width	number	Specifies the width for your component
  Height	number	Specifies the height for your component
  Margin top/right/bottom/left	number	Margin values for you component
  Color	string	Allows customizing the text color
  Background color	string	Enables customizing the background color