setFocus for input fields that are on another tab

[vladutclp]

Hi everyone, I have a big form that is split in 2 tabs. I have some validation and call setFocus to se the focus on the fields that have an error. When I press the submit button and the inputs are on the unmounted tab(the one that us not selected), I get this error:

I think the problem arises because the inputs are being unmounted and RHF is trying to setFocus on them, but I don't know how can I solve this.

Can someone give me a hint on this?

Thank you!

[vuggy17]

Maybe you should find the tab which contains the error field before setForcus.
The error says that is cannot read focus property of a input ref (which may be due to the ref being unmounted and therefore undefined).

[vladutclp]

@vuggy17 Thanks for the response. That's the solution I was thinking about and implemented but I thought there is another way of doing this.

[Moshyfawn]

If the input was never mounted (and its ref was never registered), there's no way for RHF to know about your input