I'm testing a list of things for null. Every time I find one, I save it in an array to implement it in a validationmessage.
Output I want looks like this:
Field 1 is required
Field 4 is required
etc...
But I can't seem to be able to start a new line.
Now, it looks like this:
Field 1 is required Field 4 is required
Does anybody know how to achieve this?
EDIT:
controller:
IDictionary<int, String> emptyFields = new Dictionary<int, String>();
foreach (Something thing in AnotherThing.Collection)
{
if (thing.Property == null)
emptyFields.add(thing.Index, thing.Name);
}
if (emptyFields.Any())
throw new CustomException() { EmptyFields = emptyFields };
This exception is handled here:
catch (CustomException ex)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("file", ex.GetExceptionString());
return View("theView");
}
CustomException:
public class CustomException: Exception
{
public IDictionary<int,String> EmptyFields { get; set; }
public override String Label { get { return "someLabel"; } }
public override String GetExceptionString()
{
String msg = "";
foreach (KeyValuePair<int,String> elem in EmptyFields)
{
msg += "row: " + (elem.Key + 1).ToString() + " column: " + elem.Value + "<br/>";
}
return msg;
}
}
view:
<span style="color: #FF0000">@Html.Raw(Html.ValidationMessage("file").ToString())</span>
You can do it with this one liner:
@Html.Raw(HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Property).ToHtmlString()))
You will need to write a custom helper to achieve that. The built-in ValidationMessageFor
helper automatically HTML encodes the value. Here's an example:
public static class ValidationMessageExtensions
{
public static IHtmlString MyValidationMessageFor<TModel, TProperty>(
this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,
Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> ex
)
{
var htmlAttributes = new RouteValueDictionary();
string validationMessage = null;
var expression = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(ex);
var modelName = htmlHelper.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(expression);
var formContext = htmlHelper.ViewContext.ClientValidationEnabled ? htmlHelper.ViewContext.FormContext : null;
if (!htmlHelper.ViewData.ModelState.ContainsKey(modelName) && formContext == null)
{
return null;
}
var modelState = htmlHelper.ViewData.ModelState[modelName];
var modelErrors = (modelState == null) ? null : modelState.Errors;
var modelError = (((modelErrors == null) || (modelErrors.Count == 0))
? null
: modelErrors.FirstOrDefault(m => !String.IsNullOrEmpty(m.ErrorMessage)) ?? modelErrors[0]);
if (modelError == null && formContext == null)
{
return null;
}
var builder = new TagBuilder("span");
builder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
builder.AddCssClass((modelError != null) ? HtmlHelper.ValidationMessageCssClassName : HtmlHelper.ValidationMessageValidCssClassName);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(validationMessage))
{
builder.InnerHtml = validationMessage;
}
else if (modelError != null)
{
builder.InnerHtml = GetUserErrorMessageOrDefault(htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext, modelError, modelState);
}
if (formContext != null)
{
bool replaceValidationMessageContents = String.IsNullOrEmpty(validationMessage);
builder.MergeAttribute("data-valmsg-for", modelName);
builder.MergeAttribute("data-valmsg-replace", replaceValidationMessageContents.ToString().ToLowerInvariant());
}
return new HtmlString(builder.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal));
}
private static string GetUserErrorMessageOrDefault(HttpContextBase httpContext, ModelError error, ModelState modelState)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(error.ErrorMessage))
{
return error.ErrorMessage;
}
if (modelState == null)
{
return null;
}
var attemptedValue = (modelState.Value != null) ? modelState.Value.AttemptedValue : null;
return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "Value '{0}' not valid for property", attemptedValue);
}
}
and then:
public class MyViewModel
{
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Error Line1<br/>Error Line2")]
public string SomeProperty { get; set; }
}
and in the view:
@model MyViewModel
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.SomeProperty)
@Html.MyValidationMessageFor(x => x.SomeProperty)
<button type="submit">OK</button>
}
And if you want to display the error message in a ValidationSummary you could also write a custom helper that will not HTML encode the error message as I have shown in this post
.
try this one
append
tag after each error message and use Html.Raw() method to display your content Html.Raw will decode HtmlContent.
you message like
Field 1 is required <br/>Field 4 is required<br/>
In View
Html.Raw("Yore Error Message")
In case anyone is looking for it, here is how to do this for a validation summary:
@Html.Raw(HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(Html.ValidationSummary(true).ToHtmlString()))
Are you displaying them in a validation summary? I don’t think it supports html for line breaks etc. I'd create a custom html helper based on validation summary that displays html.
The same applies to validationmessage so probably need to make a custom helper for that
what I do is bunch them in a div
<div class="Errors">
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Name)<br/>
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.LName)<br />
</div>
then create a class
.Errors {
color: red;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
}
but if you wanna do a multiline error then what Leinel mentioned is the best way.the reason I bunch them is some users will not see the error with long forms and they'll just start calling us.. ^^,