Angular 5: “No provider for ControlContainer”

Question

I have a little web app with Angular 5 and out of a sudden I am getting this strange error message in my browser console:

ncaught Error: Template parse error         


        

Answer 1

The ControlContainer is a abstract class which is extended by the AbstractFormGroupDirective inside the ReactiveFormsModule.

The error is thrown if you're using the ReactiveFormsModule and a

-element without a FormGroup bound to it via [formGroup]="myForm".

To fix this error you have to create a FormGroup and bind it to your form:

Also make sure you have both the FormsModule and the ReactiveFormsModule added to your module imports.