Watch vs getValues

[james-gardner]

Hi,

Perhaps the name itself is what has got me confused but I'd like to understand what the fundamental difference is (if any) between watch and getValues. In the documentation, there's a clear distinction but I don't understand what the different use cases of each are.

Could you clarify?

[bluebill1049]

• watch trigger re-render and listen changes for the inputs.
• getValues() is most used to read what's live in the current form.

[rezkesh]

So it I want to call an endpoint inside a callback function, should I use getValues() to have the latest values of the form?

[BrendanC23]

That's what I would recommend. getValues() will let you read all of the current form values.