<form #addressForm="ngForm" class="container mt-3" (ngSubmit)="logValue()">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-6">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary mb-2" (click)="addAddress()">Add Address</button>
<section class="container border mb-4 p-3" *ngFor="let address of addresses; let i = index;">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6">
<h4>Address {{i + 1}}</h4>
</div>
<div class="col-6 text-right">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" (click)="removeAddress(i)">Remove</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="address.address" name="address_{{address.id}}" placeholder="St. Thomas Apartment"/>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Street</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="address.street" name="street_{{address.id}}" placeholder="South Street"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label>City</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="address.city" name="city_{{address.id}}" placeholder="Mumbai"/>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Country</label>
<select class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="address.country" name="country_{{address.id}}" placeholder="India">
<option value="india">India</option>
<option value="usa">USA</option>
<option value="england">England</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<div class="text-right">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success" value="Submit"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Add / Remove Multiple Input Fields Dynamically in Template Driven Form – Angular

In this tutorial, I will guide you on how to dynamically create multiple input fields using template-driven forms in Angular. We are going to develop an addresses list using dynamic template driven forms by Angular. The user can add/remove multiple address list which contains the address, street, city, and country input fields.
By using Angular *ngFor
the built-in directive, We can create dynamic input fields by looping through an array. We can also set the [(ngModel)]
of the input fields dynamically to retrieve the value of the fields.

Steps to Create Dynamic Input Fields in Template Driven Forms
- Declare an empty array in your component.
- Create methods for adding and removing the values in the array.
- Use
*ngFor
directive to loop over the array to render multiple input fields - Dynamically set the
[(ngModel)]
andname
attribute for the input fields using the array of object andindex
.
Create Multiple Input Fields Dynamically in Angular Template Driven Forms
In your component.ts file, declare an empty array. I am creating an empty array called addresses
which has an empty object
to render a single input by default.
public addresses: any[] = [{
address: '',
street: '',
city: '',
country: ''
}];
In your component.html, you should create a <form>
inside the form you should loop over the addresses
array using *ngFor
directive.
<form #addressForm="ngForm" class="container mt-3" (ngSubmit)="logValue()">
<!-- some code here - see full code at the end of this tutorial -->
<section *ngFor="let address of addresses; let i = index;">
<!-- input fields inside the *ngFor -->
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="address.address"
name="address_{{i}}"/>
<label>Street</label>
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="address.street"
name="street_{{i}}"/>
<label>City</label>
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="address.city"
name="city_{{i}}"/>
<label>Country</label>
<select [(ngModel)]="address.country" name="country_{{i}}" placeholder="India">
<option value="india">India</option>
<option value="usa">USA</option>
<option value="england">England</option>
</select>
</section>
</form>
How to use *ngFor to loop over the array
The built-in *ngFor
directive is used to render elements in the DOM by looping over an array using the following syntax
*ngFor="let address of addresses; let i = index"
The address
is the current item of the addresses
array. i
is the current index of the array.
How to set ngModel dynamically inside the *ngFor – Template Driven Forms
The addresses
is an array of object. we can use set the ngModel
dynamically as [(ngModel)]="address.street"
because address is the current item of the loop.
But still, there’s a problem in it, we should define a name
attribute for our input fields, the name
should be dynamic. we can make use of the i
(index) inside the *ngFor
loop. Ex: name="street_{{i}}
<input name="street_{{i}}" type="text">
After that, create two methods to add and remove address
object in the addresses
array.
Add Input Field – Dynamic Template Driven Forms in Angular
Create a button called “Add Address” in your componen.html, on it’s click event invokes the addAddress
method.
<form>
<!-- Add button -->
<button type="button" (click)="addAddress()">Add Address</button>
<!-- ngFor code -->
</form>
The addAddress
method pushes a new empty address
object into the addresses
array.
addAddress() {
this.addresses.push({
address: '',
street: '',
city: '',
country: ''
});
}
Remove Input Field – Dynamic Template Driven Forms in Angular
Create a button called “Remove” inside the *ngFor
in your component.html, on its click invoke the removeAddress
method with the i
(index) value as its parameter to remove the address
object.
<section class="container border mb-4 p-3" *ngFor="let address of addresses; let i = index;">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" (click)="removeAddress(i)">Remove</button>
</section>
removeAddress(uId: number) {
const index = this.addresses.findIndex((address) => address.id === uId);
this.addresses.splice(index, 1);
}
How to get the value of the dynamically created input fields
You can easily get the value of the dynamically created inputs by accessing the addresses
array which has objects acting as [(ngModel)]
for all the inputs. You can console.log(this.addresses)
on form submit (ngSubmit)
.
Solve Index Issue in *ngFor using UUID
Inside the *ngFor, we are using the index of the loop to add a unique name and ngModel for each input element. If we remove any element in between the rendered list, the index property will be reassigned which results in some weird issues like data replaced from one input to another one, etc.
To solve the index issue, you can add a unique property using UUID while adding new address
. Modify your addAddress
component like below:
import * as uuid from 'uuid';
addAddress() {
const uniqueID = uuid.v4();
this.addresses.push({
id: uniqueID,
address: '',
street: '',
city: '',
country: ''
});
}
In the above code, we are adding a new property called id which holds the value of the UUID.
<form #addressForm="ngForm" class="container mt-3" (ngSubmit)="logValue()">
<!-- some code here - see full code at the end of this tutorial -->
<section *ngFor="let address of addresses; let i = index;">
<!-- input fields inside the *ngFor -->
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="address.address"
name="address_{{address.id}}"/>
<label>Street</label>
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="address.street"
name="street_{{address.id}}"/>
<label>City</label>
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="address.city"
name="city_{{address.id}}"/>
<label>Country</label>
<select [(ngModel)]="address.country" name="country_{{address.id}}" placeholder="India">
<option value="india">India</option>
<option value="usa">USA</option>
<option value="england">England</option>
</select>
</section>
</form>
Replace the i
value in the input elements with address.id
that is our unique id.
Dynamic Multiple Input Fields in Angular Full Code
The below code is a working example of dynamic inputs in Angular.
FULL CODE EXAMPLE FOR MULTIPLE INPUT FIELDS IN TEMPLATE DRIVEN FORM
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss']
})
export class AppComponent {
public addresses: any[] = [{
id: 1,
address: '',
street: '',
city: '',
country: ''
}];
constructor() {
}
ngOnInit() {
}
addAddress() {
this.addresses.push({
id: this.addresses.length + 1,
address: '',
street: '',
city: '',
country: ''
});
}
removeAddress(i: number) {
this.addresses.splice(i, 1);
}
logValue() {
console.log(this.addresses);
}
}
$color-primary: rgba(67,66,93,255);
$color-text: #43425d;
$color-text-lite: rgba(#4d4f5c,.5);
.login-container {
font-family: "Source Sans Pro";
.sidebar {
background-image: url(/assets/images/group_4.png),
linear-gradient(-136.82353093203deg , rgba(36,35,72,255) 0%, rgba(90,85,170,255) 100%);
background-size: cover;
min-height: 100vh;
}
.title, a {
color: $color-text;
}
.title {
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: 5px;
}
.tag {
color: $color-text-lite
}
.btn-main {
background: $color-primary;
}
.btn-main-outline {
border: 1px solid $color-primary
}
}
Conclusion
Add / Remove Multiple Input Fields Dynamically using Form Array in Angular Reactive Forms
I hope, this angular template driven forms tutorial helps you to solve how to create multiple inputs in angular. In simple, you should use *ngFor
to create multiple inputs.