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Dave Alperovich
Dave Alperovich

Reputation: 32500

MVC 3 validation: Can I have multiple Error Msgs in multiple places for each control

Data Entry Page and Validation Errors

This is my MVC registration page. You can see the validation error messages consolidated up top. The UI designers want red (*) to appear next to each control that needs attention.

I know how to use MVC 3 validation to produce either *'s or the error messages above by placing @Html.ValidationMessageFor and customizing error messages to be either *'s of the more detailed messages.

What I can't figure out is how to do both. I understand that I can solve this problem with JQuery. But I suspect that MVC validation has a way to do this. @Html.ValidationMessageFor seems to apply once for each model member / control so that is probably not the way...

So to summarize, is there a way for me to add a second error message (like *) for each control located in a different location than the original message with only MVC validation and no JQuery / JS.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 732

Answers (2)

Nick Albrecht
Nick Albrecht

Reputation: 16928

As far as I know the validation feedback only supports one feedback string per input. You could set custom feedback messages for each one and put the * in front of the string but this breaks a lot of the convention over configuration benefit of MVC.

Now, that being said why not try CSS? As I understand it those feedback messages (when next to each input form) use a fixed css class. So maybe something along this line...

field-validation-error:before
{ 
    content:"* ";
}

Upvotes: 1

James
James

Reputation: 680

Html.ValidationSummary at the top. Html.ValidationMessageFor next to each field.

Upvotes: 0

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