Cannot find control with name formControlName in angular reactive form

Question

I found this problem in many questions in stackoverflow but no luck. Please help me for figuring out what I am doing wrong.

In component :

ngOnInit() {
    this.companyCreatForm = this._formBuilder.group({
      name: [null, [Validators.required, Validators.minLength(5)]],
      about: [null, [Validators.required]],
      businessType: [null, [Validators.required]],
      address: this._formBuilder.group({
        street: [],
        website: [null, [Validators.required]],
        mobile: [null, [Validators.required]],
        email: [null, [Validators.required]],
        pageId: [null, [Validators.required]],
      }),
    });

Form :

<form [formGroup]="companyCreatForm" (ngSubmit)="creat_company()" novalidate class="form-horizontal">
    <div class="panel panel-default" *ngIf="generalPanel">
        <div class="panel-heading">General Info</div>
        <div class="panel-body">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="comapny name" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Company's Name</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Company's Name" formControlName="name" #refName>
                    <div *ngIf="companyCreatForm.controls['name'].hasError('required') && refName.touched" class="alert alert-danger">
                        please enter name
                    </div>
                    <div *ngIf="companyCreatForm.controls['name'].hasError('minlength')" class="alert alert-danger">
                        please enter at least 5 characters
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="business type" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Business type</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <select name="businessType" formControlName="businessType" class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="defaultType">

                        <option  *ngFor="let type of businessTypes" [value]="type.id">{{type.name}}</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="about" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Add Company Description</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    ?<textarea formControlName="about" class="form-control" id="txtArea" rows="6" cols="70"></textarea>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="panel panel-default">
        <div class="panel-heading">Contact Info</div>
        <div class="panel-body">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="address" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Business Address</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="street" placeholder="Business Address">
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="website" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Website</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="website" placeholder="website">
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="telephone" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Telephone</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="mobile" placeholder="telephone">
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="email" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Email</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="email" placeholder="email">
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="page id" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Facebook Page ID</label>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="pageId" placeholder="facebook page id">
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="about" class="col-sm-3  control-label"></label>
                <div class="col-sm-3">
                    ?
                    <!--span class="btn btn-success form-control" (click)="openGeneralPanel()">Back</span-->
                </div>
                <label for="about" class="col-sm-2  control-label"></label>
                <div class="col-sm-3">
                    ?<button class="btn btn-success form-control" [disabled]="companyCreatForm.invalid" (click)="openContactInfo()">Continue</button>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</form>

Everything should be right but when I load page find error

Cannot find control with name: 'website' ,'street', 'mobile', 'email','pageId'

Full error page from browser console is like below:

CompanyCreateComponent.html:69 ERROR CONTEXT DebugContext_ {view: Object, nodeIndex: 69, nodeDef: Object, elDef: Object, elView: Object}
View_CompanyCreateComponent_0 @ CompanyCreateComponent.html:69
proxyClass @ compiler.es5.js:14091
DebugContext_.logError @ core.es5.js:13124
ErrorHandler.handleError @ core.es5.js:1149
ApplicationRef_.tick @ core.es5.js:5060
(anonymous) @ core.es5.js:4933
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:381
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4128
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.run @ zone.js:141
NgZone.run @ core.es5.js:3996
next @ core.es5.js:4933
schedulerFn @ core.es5.js:3830
SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:238
SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:185
Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:125
Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:89
Subject.next @ Subject.js:55
EventEmitter.emit @ core.es5.js:3816
NgZone.checkStable @ core.es5.js:4093
NgZone.setHasMicrotask @ core.es5.js:4177
onHasTask @ core.es5.js:4140
ZoneDelegate.hasTask @ zone.js:434
ZoneDelegate._updateTaskCount @ zone.js:454
Zone._updateTaskCount @ zone.js:278
Zone.runTask @ zone.js:198
drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:574
ZoneTask.invoke @ zone.js:480
CompanyCreateComponent.html:76 ERROR Error: Cannot find control with name: 'mobile'
    at _throwError (forms.es5.js:1830)
    at setUpControl (forms.es5.js:1738)
    at FormGroupDirective.addControl (forms.es5.js:4711)
    at FormControlName._setUpControl (forms.es5.js:5299)
    at FormControlName.ngOnChanges (forms.es5.js:5217)
    at checkAndUpdateDirectiveInline (core.es5.js:10790)
    at checkAndUpdateNodeInline (core.es5.js:12216)
    at checkAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12155)
    at debugCheckAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12858)
    at debugCheckDirectivesFn (core.es5.js:12799)
View_CompanyCreateComponent_0 @ CompanyCreateComponent.html:76
proxyClass @ compiler.es5.js:14091
DebugContext_.logError @ core.es5.js:13124
ErrorHandler.handleError @ core.es5.js:1144
ApplicationRef_.tick @ core.es5.js:5060
(anonymous) @ core.es5.js:4933
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:381
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4128
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.run @ zone.js:141
NgZone.run @ core.es5.js:3996
next @ core.es5.js:4933
schedulerFn @ core.es5.js:3830
SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:238
SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:185
Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:125
Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:89
Subject.next @ Subject.js:55
EventEmitter.emit @ core.es5.js:3816
NgZone.checkStable @ core.es5.js:4093
NgZone.onLeave @ core.es5.js:4169
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4131
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.runGuarded @ zone.js:154
_loop_1 @ zone.js:640
api.microtaskDrainDone @ zone.js:649
drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:582
ZoneTask.invoke @ zone.js:480
CompanyCreateComponent.html:76 ERROR CONTEXT DebugContext_ {view: Object, nodeIndex: 85, nodeDef: Object, elDef: Object, elView: Object}
View_CompanyCreateComponent_0 @ CompanyCreateComponent.html:76
proxyClass @ compiler.es5.js:14091
DebugContext_.logError @ core.es5.js:13124
ErrorHandler.handleError @ core.es5.js:1149
ApplicationRef_.tick @ core.es5.js:5060
(anonymous) @ core.es5.js:4933
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:381
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4128
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.run @ zone.js:141
NgZone.run @ core.es5.js:3996
next @ core.es5.js:4933
schedulerFn @ core.es5.js:3830
SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:238
SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:185
Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:125
Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:89
Subject.next @ Subject.js:55
EventEmitter.emit @ core.es5.js:3816
NgZone.checkStable @ core.es5.js:4093
NgZone.onLeave @ core.es5.js:4169
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4131
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.runGuarded @ zone.js:154
_loop_1 @ zone.js:640
api.microtaskDrainDone @ zone.js:649
drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:582
ZoneTask.invoke @ zone.js:480
core.es5.js:1084 ERROR Error: Uncaught (in promise): Error: Cannot find control with name: 'street'
Error: Cannot find control with name: 'street'
    at _throwError (forms.es5.js:1830)
    at setUpControl (forms.es5.js:1738)
    at FormGroupDirective.addControl (forms.es5.js:4711)
    at FormControlName._setUpControl (forms.es5.js:5299)
    at FormControlName.ngOnChanges (forms.es5.js:5217)
    at checkAndUpdateDirectiveInline (core.es5.js:10790)
    at checkAndUpdateNodeInline (core.es5.js:12216)
    at checkAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12155)
    at debugCheckAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12858)
    at debugCheckDirectivesFn (core.es5.js:12799)
    at _throwError (forms.es5.js:1830)
    at setUpControl (forms.es5.js:1738)
    at FormGroupDirective.addControl (forms.es5.js:4711)
    at FormControlName._setUpControl (forms.es5.js:5299)
    at FormControlName.ngOnChanges (forms.es5.js:5217)
    at checkAndUpdateDirectiveInline (core.es5.js:10790)
    at checkAndUpdateNodeInline (core.es5.js:12216)
    at checkAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12155)
    at debugCheckAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12858)
    at debugCheckDirectivesFn (core.es5.js:12799)
    at resolvePromise (zone.js:757)
    at resolvePromise (zone.js:728)
    at zone.js:805
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:414)
    at Object.onInvokeTask (core.es5.js:4119)
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:413)
    at Zone.runTask (zone.js:181)
    at drainMicroTaskQueue (zone.js:574)
    at HTMLButtonElement.ZoneTask.invoke (zone.js:480)
defaultErrorLogger @ core.es5.js:1084
ErrorHandler.handleError @ core.es5.js:1144
next @ core.es5.js:4757
schedulerFn @ core.es5.js:3830
SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:238
SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:185
Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:125
Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:89
Subject.next @ Subject.js:55
EventEmitter.emit @ core.es5.js:3816
NgZone.triggerError @ core.es5.js:4188
onHandleError @ core.es5.js:4149
ZoneDelegate.handleError @ zone.js:385
Zone.runGuarded @ zone.js:157
_loop_1 @ zone.js:640
api.microtaskDrainDone @ zone.js:649
drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:582
ZoneTask.invoke @ zone.js:480
CompanyCreateComponent.html:83 ERROR Error: Cannot find control with name: 'email'
    at _throwError (forms.es5.js:1830)
    at setUpControl (forms.es5.js:1738)
    at FormGroupDirective.addControl (forms.es5.js:4711)
    at FormControlName._setUpControl (forms.es5.js:5299)
    at FormControlName.ngOnChanges (forms.es5.js:5217)
    at checkAndUpdateDirectiveInline (core.es5.js:10790)
    at checkAndUpdateNodeInline (core.es5.js:12216)
    at checkAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12155)
    at debugCheckAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12858)
    at debugCheckDirectivesFn (core.es5.js:12799)
View_CompanyCreateComponent_0 @ CompanyCreateComponent.html:83
proxyClass @ compiler.es5.js:14091
DebugContext_.logError @ core.es5.js:13124
ErrorHandler.handleError @ core.es5.js:1144
ApplicationRef_.tick @ core.es5.js:5060
(anonymous) @ core.es5.js:4933
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:381
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4128
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.run @ zone.js:141
NgZone.run @ core.es5.js:3996
next @ core.es5.js:4933
schedulerFn @ core.es5.js:3830
SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:238
SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:185
Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:125
Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:89
Subject.next @ Subject.js:55
EventEmitter.emit @ core.es5.js:3816
NgZone.checkStable @ core.es5.js:4093
NgZone.onLeave @ core.es5.js:4169
onInvokeTask @ core.es5.js:4122
ZoneDelegate.invokeTask @ zone.js:413
Zone.runTask @ zone.js:181
ZoneTask.invoke @ zone.js:476
CompanyCreateComponent.html:83 ERROR CONTEXT DebugContext_ {view: Object, nodeIndex: 101, nodeDef: Object, elDef: Object, elView: Object}
View_CompanyCreateComponent_0 @ CompanyCreateComponent.html:83
proxyClass @ compiler.es5.js:14091
DebugContext_.logError @ core.es5.js:13124
ErrorHandler.handleError @ core.es5.js:1149
ApplicationRef_.tick @ core.es5.js:5060
(anonymous) @ core.es5.js:4933
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:381
onInvoke @ core.es5.js:4128
ZoneDelegate.invoke @ zone.js:380
Zone.run @ zone.js:141
NgZone.run @ core.es5.js:3996
next @ core.es5.js:4933
schedulerFn @ core.es5.js:3830
SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:238
SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:185
Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:125
Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:89
Subject.next @ Subject.js:55
EventEmitter.emit @ core.es5.js:3816
NgZone.checkStable @ core.es5.js:4093
NgZone.onLeave @ core.es5.js:4169
onInvokeTask @ core.es5.js:4122
ZoneDelegate.invokeTask @ zone.js:413
Zone.runTask @ zone.js:181
ZoneTask.invoke @ zone.js:476
CompanyCreateComponent.html:90 ERROR Error: Cannot find control with name: 'pageId'
    at _throwError (forms.es5.js:1830)
    at setUpControl (forms.es5.js:1738)
    at FormGroupDirective.addControl (forms.es5.js:4711)
    at FormControlName._setUpControl (forms.es5.js:5299)
    at FormControlName.ngOnChanges (forms.es5.js:5217)
    at checkAndUpdateDirectiveInline (core.es5.js:10790)
    at checkAndUpdateNodeInline (core.es5.js:12216)
    at checkAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12155)
    at debugCheckAndUpdateNode (core.es5.js:12858)
    at debugCheckDirectivesFn (core.es5.js:12799)

User · Answer

In your HTML code   lt form  formGroup   userForm  gt       lt input type  text  class  form-control    value   item UserFirstName  formControlName  UserFirstName  gt       lt input type  text  class  form-control    value   item UserLastName  formControlName  UserLastName  gt   lt  form gt    In  your Typescript code  export class UserprofileComponent implements OnInit       userForm  FormGroup      constructor            this userForm   new FormGroup             UserFirstName  new FormControl              UserLastName  new FormControl                        This works perfectly  it does not give any error

User · Answer

You should specify formGroupName for nested controls   lt div class  panel panel-default  formGroupName  address  gt   lt    add this      lt div class  panel-heading  gt Contact Info lt  div gt    Plunker Example

User · Answer

I also had this error  and you helped me solve it  If formGroup or formGroupName are not written with the good case  then the name of the control is not found  Correct the case of formGroup or formGroupName and it is OK

User · Answer

I tried to generate a form dynamically because the amount of questions depend on an object and for me the error was fixed when I added ngDefaultControl to my mat-form-field.

    <form [formGroup]="questionsForm">
        <ng-container *ngFor="let question of questions">
            <mat-form-field [formControlName]="question.id" ngDefaultControl>
                <mat-label>{{question.questionContent}}</mat-label>
                <textarea matInput rows="3" required></textarea>
            </mat-form-field>
        </ng-container>
        <button mat-raised-button (click)="sendFeedback()">Submit all questions</button>
    </form>

In sendFeedback() I get the value from my dynamic form by selecting the formgroup's value as such

  sendFeedbackAsAgent():void {
    if (this.questionsForm.valid) {
      console.log(this.questionsForm.value)
    }
  }

User · Answer

For me even with  formGroup  the error was popping up  Cannot find control with name      It got fixed when I added ngModel Value to the input box along with formControlName  fileName      lt form class  upload-form   formGroup   UploadForm  gt     lt div class  row  gt       lt div class  form-group col-sm-6  gt         lt label for  fileName  gt File Name lt  label gt         lt  --             Adding   ngModel    FileName  fixed the issue-- gt         lt input type  text  class  form-control  id  fileName    ngModel    FileName          placeholder  Enter file name  formControlName  fileName  gt        lt  div gt       lt div class  form-group col-sm-6  gt         lt label for  selectedType  gt File Type lt  label gt         lt select class  form-control  formControlName  selectedType  id  selectedType            change   TypeChanged selectedType   name  selectedType  disabled  true  gt           lt option gt Type 1 lt  option gt           lt option gt Type 2 lt  option gt         lt  select gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  fileUploader  gt Select   selectedType   file lt  label gt       lt input type  file  class  form-control-file  id  fileUploader   change   onFileSelected  event   gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  w-80 text-right mt-3  gt       lt button class  btn btn-primary mb-2 search-button cancel-button   click   cancelUpload    gt Cancel lt  button gt       lt button class  btn btn-primary mb-2 search-button   click   uploadFrmwrFile    gt Upload lt  button gt     lt  div gt    lt  form gt    And in the controller   ngOnInit     this UploadForm  new FormGroup     fileName  new FormControl  value  this FileName      selectedType  new FormControl  value  this selectedType  disabled  true   Validators required     frmwareFile  new FormControl  value

User · Answer

you re missing group nested controls with formGroupName directive   lt div class  panel-body  formGroupName  address  gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  address  class  col-sm-3 control-label  gt Business Address lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-8  gt         lt input type  text  class  form-control  formControlName  street  placeholder  Business Address  gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  website  class  col-sm-3 control-label  gt Website lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-8  gt         lt input type  text  class  form-control  formControlName  website  placeholder  website  gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  telephone  class  col-sm-3 control-label  gt Telephone lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-8  gt         lt input type  text  class  form-control  formControlName  mobile  placeholder  telephone  gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  email  class  col-sm-3 control-label  gt Email lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-8  gt         lt input type  text  class  form-control  formControlName  email  placeholder  email  gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  page id  class  col-sm-3 control-label  gt Facebook Page ID lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-8  gt         lt input type  text  class  form-control  formControlName  pageId  placeholder  facebook page id  gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  about  class  col-sm-3  control-label  gt  lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-3  gt         lt  --span class  btn btn-success form-control   click   openGeneralPanel    gt Back lt  span-- gt       lt  div gt       lt label for  about  class  col-sm-2  control-label  gt  lt  label gt       lt div class  col-sm-3  gt         lt button class  btn btn-success form-control   disabled   companyCreatForm invalid   click   openContactInfo    gt Continue lt  button gt       lt  div gt     lt  div gt   lt  div gt

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