I have a custom checkout step, and then I have another custom layout with the custom form container and static form with ui components. I also have 2 JS files separated, one for creating the extra step, and the other for validating and working with the form.
I know that I can simply put the static form, but I wan’t to know if I can manage this 2 things separated.
Custom step layout:
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="1column" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
<body>
<referenceBlock name="checkout.root">
<arguments>
<argument name="jsLayout" xsi:type="array">
<item name="components" xsi:type="array">
<item name="checkout" xsi:type="array">
<item name="children" xsi:type="array">
<item name="steps" xsi:type="array">
<item name="children" xsi:type="array">
<!-- The new step you add -->
<item name="my-new-step" xsi:type="array">
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Transom_ExtraStep/js/view/Sign</item>
<!--To display step content before shipping step "sortOrder" value should be < 1-->
<!--To display step content between shipping step and payment step 1 < "sortOrder" < 2 -->
<!--To display step content after payment step "sortOrder" > 2 -->
<item name="sortOrder" xsi:type="string">1</item>
<item name="children" xsi:type="array">
<!--add here child component declaration for your step-->
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</argument>
</arguments>
</referenceBlock>
</body>
</page>
Custom form part layout:
<item name="custom-checkout-form-container" xsi:type="array">
<!--links to our js file in step 1-->
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Transom_PaymentSign/js/view/custom-checkout-form</item>
<item name="provider" xsi:type="string">checkoutProvider</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
<!--links to our html file in step 2-->
<item name="template" xsi:type="string">Transom_ExtraStep/sign-quote</item>
</item>
<!-- new element -->
<item name="children" xsi:type="array">
<item name="custom-checkout-form-fieldset" xsi:type="array">
<!-- uiComponent is used as a wrapper for form fields (its template will render all children as a list) -->
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">uiComponent</item>
<!-- the following display area is used in template (see below) -->
<item name="displayArea" xsi:type="string">custom-checkout-form-fields</item>
<item name="children" xsi:type="array">
<item name="text_field" xsi:type="array">
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Magento_Ui/js/form/element/abstract</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
<!-- customScope is used to group elements within a single form (e.g. they can be validated separately) -->
<item name="customScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm</item>
<item name="template" xsi:type="string">ui/form/field</item>
<item name="elementTmpl" xsi:type="string">ui/form/element/input</item>
</item>
<item name="provider" xsi:type="string">checkoutProvider</item>
<item name="dataScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm.text_field</item>
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Text Field</item>
<item name="sortOrder" xsi:type="string">1</item>
<item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
<item name="required-entry" xsi:type="string">true</item>
</item>
</item>
<item name="checkbox_field" xsi:type="array">
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Magento_Ui/js/form/element/boolean</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
<!--customScope is used to group elements within a single form (e.g. they can be validated separately)-->
<item name="customScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm</item>
<item name="template" xsi:type="string">ui/form/field</item>
<item name="elementTmpl" xsi:type="string">ui/form/element/checkbox</item>
</item>
<item name="provider" xsi:type="string">checkoutProvider</item>
<item name="dataScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm.checkbox_field</item>
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Checkbox Field</item>
<item name="sortOrder" xsi:type="string">3</item>
</item>
<item name="select_field" xsi:type="array">
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Magento_Ui/js/form/element/select</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
<!--customScope is used to group elements within a single form (e.g. they can be validated separately)-->
<item name="customScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm</item>
<item name="template" xsi:type="string">ui/form/field</item>
<item name="elementTmpl" xsi:type="string">ui/form/element/select</item>
</item>
<item name="options" xsi:type="array">
<item name="0" xsi:type="array">
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Please select value</item>
<item name="value" xsi:type="string"></item>
</item>
<item name="1" xsi:type="array">
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Value 1</item>
<item name="value" xsi:type="string">value_1</item>
</item>
<item name="2" xsi:type="array">
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Value 2</item>
<item name="value" xsi:type="string">value_2</item>
</item>
</item>
<!-- value element allows to specify default value of the form field -->
<item name="value" xsi:type="string">value_2</item>
<item name="provider" xsi:type="string">checkoutProvider</item>
<item name="dataScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm.select_field</item>
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Select Field</item>
<item name="sortOrder" xsi:type="string">2</item>
</item>
<item name="date_field" xsi:type="array">
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Magento_Ui/js/form/element/date</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
<!--customScope is used to group elements within a single form (e.g. they can be validated separately)-->
<item name="customScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm</item>
<item name="template" xsi:type="string">ui/form/field</item>
<item name="elementTmpl" xsi:type="string">ui/form/element/date</item>
</item>
<item name="provider" xsi:type="string">checkoutProvider</item>
<item name="dataScope" xsi:type="string">customCheckoutForm.date_field</item>
<item name="label" xsi:type="string">Date Field</item>
<item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
<item name="required-entry" xsi:type="string">true</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
</item>
Is it possible to just specify in the custom step layout something like
<item name="custom-checkout-form-container" xsi:type="array">
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Transom_PaymentSign/js/view/custom-checkout-form</item>
<item name="provider" xsi:type="string">checkoutProvider</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
</item>
and with this adding the custom form layout without adding all static ui form to the custom checkout step layout?
Greetings!