Why do I have to add a type to setErrors?

[h0jeZvgoxFepBQ2C]

As the title says: Why do I have to add a type to setErrors ?

I never use any local javascript validation schema, but only do server side validations. Every time I use react-hook-form it bugs me that I have to add a type.

It would be much better to just say:

setError("firstname", "must be present")

Change my mind :D

[bluebill1049]

what if you have multiple errors associated with different types?

[chapterjason]

setError("firstname", "must be present")
setErrors("firstname", ["must be present", "must be at least 2 chars long"])

or as overload

setErrors("firstname", "must be present")
setErrors("firstname", ["must be present", "must be at least 2 chars long"])

For me the type is also not important, it's just to render the messages.

// Edit
I also have to add that it should be easy to add errors, without knowing some kind of object format.

[h0jeZvgoxFepBQ2C]

I also never use the types 👍 I only add them just because it's required, but I don't understand & use them.

[TroyWolf]

I agree that the type property for setError() is not very clear what it is about. I am simply not specifying a type and things seem to be working. So I'm not finding it's required. "react-hook-form": "^6.7.2",

For example, if my submission fails completely--like the API is not even running--I set an overall "form" error like so:

      setError("form", {
        message: "Something went wrong!"
      })