Dynamic Drag and Drop Form Builder with React: A Step-by-Step Guide

# Install Tailwind CSS
npm install tailwindcss

# Create a Tailwind CSS configuration file
npx tailwindcss init

More details of Tailwind CSS : https:https://tailwindcss.com/docs/guides/create-react-app

Integration Steps:

Now, let us add FormBuilder to your React app. Make sure you have the following imports at the start of your React component file:

import $ from "jquery";
import React, { Component, createRef } from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import "./index.css";

window.jQuery = $;
window.$ = $;

require("jquery-ui-sortable");
require("formBuilder");

Next, set up the necessary configuration and include the libraries:

const formData = [
  { type: "header", subtype: "h1", label: "formBuilder in React" },
  { type: "paragraph", label: "This is a demonstration of formBuilder running in a React project." }
];

class FormBuilder extends Component {
  fb = createRef();

  componentDidMount() {
    $(this.fb.current).formBuilder({ formData });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div className="bg-gray-100 p-4">
        <div className="bg-white p-4 rounded-md shadow-md">
          <div className="alert alert-info mb-4">
            This is an example of how to use formBuilder with React. The JSON data for this form was set programmatically.
          </div>
          <div id="fb-editor" ref={this.fb} />
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<FormBuilder />, document.getElementById("root"));

Explanation:

• We import the necessary packages, such as jQuery, jQuery UI Sortable, and formBuilder.
• The componentDidMount method is where we initialize the form builder using the formBuilder function from jQuery. We pass the initial form data (formData) to configure the form builder.

After installing the dependencies, simply copy and paste code into your index.js file.

import $ from "jquery";
import React, { Component, createRef } from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import "./index.css";

window.jQuery = $;
window.$ = $;

require("jquery-ui-sortable");
require("formBuilder");

const formData = [
  {
    type: "header",
    subtype: "h1",
    label: "formBuilder in React"
  },
  {
    type: "paragraph",
    label: "This is a demonstration of formBuilder running in a React project."
  }
];

class FormBuilder extends Component {
  fb = createRef();
  componentDidMount() {
    $(this.fb.current).formBuilder({ formData });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div className="bg-gray-100 p-4">
      <div className="bg-white p-4 rounded-md shadow-md">
        <div className="alert alert-info mb-4">
          This is an example of how to use formBuilder with React. The JSON data for this form was set programmatically.
        </div>
        <div id="fb-editor" ref={this.fb} />
      </div>
    </div>
    )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<FormBuilder />, document.getElementById("root"));

Preview :                                                                                                    Try It

Source code : https://github.com/Showkiip/formbuilder-use-in-reactjs

Youtube Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3CqC1PwZRQ 

Check out the formbuilder library documentation :FormBuilder

Conclusion: 

In this tutorial, we looked at how to integrate a full-featured form editing solution with drag-and-drop functionality into a ReactJS application. You can use packages like jQuery UI Sortable and formBuilder to create dynamic and interactive forms that improve the user experience of your web applications.

For a more in-depth understanding and additional features, you can refer to the official formBuilder documentation. Experiment with various configurations and styles to meet the specific requirements of your project.