Using
bootstrap3-wysihtml5-bower 2013-11-22 (WYSIWYG Editor)
and
BootstrapValidator v0.5.2
Validate textarea(bootstrap-wysihtml5 editor) using bootstrap validation. Just need to check NotEmpty and Max Characters then submit Form.
So far tried
$('#setpolicyform').bootstrapValidator({
message: 'This value is not valid',
feedbackIcons: {
valid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-ok',
invalid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-remove',
validating: 'glyphicon glyphicon-refresh'
},
ignore: ":hidden:not(textarea)",
fields: {
policyta: {
group: '.lnbrd',
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: 'Textarea cannot be empty'
}
}
}
}
}).on('success.form.bv', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var $form = $("#setpolicyform"),
$url = $form.attr('action');
$.post($url, $form.serialize()).done(function(dte) {
$("#policy-content").html(dte);
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form role="form" method="POST" action="self.php" name="setpolicyform" id="setpolicyform">
<div class='box-body pad'>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="lnbrd">
<textarea class="form-control textarea" name="policyta" placeholder="Place some text here" style="width: 100%; height: 200px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; padding: 10px;"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="box-footer clearfix">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger pull-right" id="setpolicyformsubmitbtn"><i class="fa fa-save"></i> SAVE</button>
</div>
</form>
JSFiddle https://jsfiddle.net/v6s0726L/1/
There is a way to validate the WYSIWYG Editor
, reason bootstrapValidator
not validating it because after initializing WYSIWYG Editor
on textarea name="policyta"
, it will be hidden and ignored by bootstrapValidator
So the one way is do not hide the textarea
, just set z-index: -1
and it will go behind the WYSIWYG Editor
, use WYSIWYG Editor
event load
to add the CSS after initializing,
CSS
.textnothide {
display: block !important;
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
}
JS
$('.textarea').wysihtml5({
events: {
load: function () {
$('.textarea').addClass('textnothide');
}
}
});
Now let's validate the textarea with bootstrapValidator
and you also asked for Max Characters
limit
First bootstrapValidator
script
$('#setpolicyform').bootstrapValidator({
message: 'This value is not valid',
//ignore: ":hidden:not(textarea)", //<---- No Need of This
feedbackIcons: {
valid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-ok',
invalid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-remove',
validating: 'glyphicon glyphicon-refresh'
},
fields: {
policyta: {
group: '.lnbrd',
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: 'Textarea cannot be empty'
},
stringLength: { //<- Limit Maximum Character(s)
max: 50,
message: 'Maximum 50 Characters Required'
}
}
}
}
});
Now let's check and validate the textarea with bootstrapValidator
, need another wysihtml5
event change
to check the changes and re-validate
change: function () {
$('#setpolicyform').bootstrapValidator('revalidateField', 'policyta');
}
So the Final Script will be
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#setpolicyform').bootstrapValidator({
message: 'This value is not valid'
feedbackIcons: {
valid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-ok',
invalid: 'glyphicon glyphicon-remove',
validating: 'glyphicon glyphicon-refresh'
},
fields: {
policyta: {
group: '.lnbrd',
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: 'Textarea cannot be empty'
},
stringLength: {
max: 50,
message: 'Maximum 50 Characters Required'
}
}
}
}
});
$('.textarea').wysihtml5({
events: {
load: function () {
$('.textarea').addClass('textnothide');
},
change: function () {
$('#setpolicyform').bootstrapValidator('revalidateField', 'policyta');
}
}
});
});
Fiddle Working Example
Folks, bootstrapValidator has been upgraded to formValidation. If you are using the updated version of formValidation you can do this instead of adding a separate class to hide the text area:
$('#setpolicyform').formValidation({
framework: 'bootstrap',
excluded: [':disabled'], /* This will do the trick of validating for notEmpty*/
icon : {
valid : '',
invalid : '',
validating : 'glyphicon glyphicon-refresh'
},
fields: {
policyta: {
group: '.lnbrd',
validators: {
notEmpty: {
message: 'Textarea cannot be empty'
},
stringLength: {
max: 50,
message: 'Maximum 50 Characters Required'
}
}
}
}
});
$('.textarea').wysihtml5({
events: {
change: function () {
$('#setpolicyform').formValidation('revalidateField', 'policyta');
}
}
});
Thanks