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Angular patchValue vs setValue

By: Chris Dunn on Tue Dec 4, 2018 (2 min read)

When creating model driven forms in Angular, for CRUD operations, you will need to map a data model to the FormGroup.  You can do this by manually setting each control value or you can use a function to map the entire data model to the FormGroup model.  At first glance of the documentation it looks like a good option would be setValue on the FormGroup object. myForm.setValue(formData, {onlySelf: true}); This will work if you have a matching control in the Form Group model (control name) for eac ...