No value accessor for form control

You are adding the formControlName to the label and not the input.

You have this:

<div >
  <div class="input-field col s12">
    <input id="email" type="email"> 
    <label class="center-align" for="email" formControlName="email">Email</label>
  </div>
</div>

Try using this:

<div >
  <div class="input-field col s12">
    <input id="email" type="email" formControlName="email"> 
    <label class="center-align" for="email">Email</label>
  </div>
</div>

Update the other input fields as well.


For anyone experiencing this in angular 9+

This issue can also be experienced if you do not declare your component or import the module that declares the component.

Lets consider a situation where you intend to use ng-select but you forget to import it Angular will throw the error 'No value accessor...'

I have reproduced this error in the Below stackblitz demo.


For UnitTest angular 2 with angular material you have to add MatSelectModule module in imports section.

import { MatSelectModule } from '@angular/material';

beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ CreateUserComponent ],
      imports : [ReactiveFormsModule,        
        MatSelectModule,
        MatAutocompleteModule,......

      ],
      providers: [.........]
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));

If you get this issue, then either

  • the formControlName is not located on the value accessor element.
  • or you're not importing the module for that element.