V6: useWatch not able to get value of existing form on render

Describe the bug When using useWatch it doesn’t work on first render of a component, even if the form already has content from the user inputting. I know that the documentation states that useWatch and watch do not work on first render, but according to docs it’s because register has not run yet. In this case it has.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to https://codesandbox.io/s/react-hook-form-form-context-forked-kpufy?file=/src/index.js
2. Enter some data into the Test input field
3. Click the “Show conditional”
4. See that it shows no watched error
5. Enter some more data into Test input field
6. See that now it shows the data

Codesandbox link (Required)

https://codesandbox.io/s/react-hook-form-form-context-forked-kpufy?file=/src/index.js

Expected behavior I expect watched value to be whatever I’ve inputted into the test field before showing the conditional component

[bjarkehs]

It does. I think I’ll go with this approach until we can upgrade. Thanks.

[bjarkehs]

Thank you! I had not considered using defaultValue for this.