I have this code to which displaying errors on my form
<input [ngFormControl]="form1.controls['thing']" type="text" id="thing" #thing="ngForm">
<div *ngIf='thing.dirty && !thing.valid'>
<div class="err" *ngIf='thing.errors.required'>
Thing is required.
</div >
<div class="err" *ngIf='thing.errors.invalid'>
Thing is invalid.
</div >
</div>
But in case of thing
has two errors in it the two error show up.
Lets say if my input has 5 validators
so 5 divs
will show up which is not nice.
How to display just one error div
at a time?
You could create a custom pipe to get the first element of the errors object of the validator:
@Pipe({
name: 'first'
})
export class FirstKeyPipe {
transform(obj) {
var keys = Object.keys(obj);
if (keys && keys.length>0) {
return keys[0];
}
return null;
}
}
This way you would be able to display only one error:
@Component({
selector: 'my-app',
template: `
<form>
<input [ngFormControl]="form.controls.input1">
<div *ngIf="form.controls.input1.errors">
<div *ngIf="(form.controls.input1.errors | first)==='required'">
Required
</div>
<div *ngIf="(form.controls.input1.errors | first)==='custom'">
Custom
</div>
</div>
</form>
`,
pipes: [ FirstKeyPipe ]
})
export class MyFormComponent {
constructor(private fb:FormBuilder) {
this.form = fb.group({
input1: ['', Validators.compose([Validators.required, customValidator])]
});
}
}
See this plunkr: https://plnkr.co/edit/c0CqOGuzvFHHh5K4XNnA?p=preview.
Note: agreed with Günter to create a usable component ;-) See this article for more details:
- http://restlet.com/blog/2016/02/17/implementing-angular2-forms-beyond-basics-part-2/
<input [ngFormControl]="form1.controls['thing']" type="text" id="thing" #thing="ngForm">
<div *ngIf='thing.dirty && !thing.valid'>
<div class="err" *ngIf='thing.errors.required'>
Thing is required.
</div >
<div class="err" *ngIf='!thing.errors.required && thing.errors.ivalid'>
Thing is invalid.
</div >
</div>
You could create a reusable component for showing errors so you don't need to repeat this code again and again.
If you have consistent markup for your error message blocks, then you can use css to display only the first message and hide the rest:
css
.message-block .error-message {
// Hidden by default
display: none;
}
.message-block .error-message:first-child {
display: block;
}
markup
<div class="message-block">
<span class="error-message" *ngIf="myForm.get('email').hasError('required')">
Email is required (first-child of message block is displayed)
</span>
<span class="error-message" *ngIf="myForm.get('email').hasError('email')">
Invalid email format (error message hidden by default)
</span>
</div>
Angular2 behind the scene checks the status of the control and reacts accordingly. So if you don't want to have more validation at a time, you can logically play with AND(&&)
or/and OR(||)
or/and NOT(!)
operators.
You can create a Custom Pipe
that checks first error equals with specified error:
CUSTOM PIPE
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
@Pipe({
name: 'equals'
})
export class Equals implements PipeTransform {
transform(errors: any, error: any, args?: any): any {
if (!errors)
return false;
const array = Object.keys(errors);
if (array && array.length > 0)
return errors[array[0]] === error;
return false;
}
}
You can have lots of error div but just one error will be shown:
// input is form.controls.input1
<div *ngIf="input.errors | equals:input.errors.required">Required</div>
<div *ngIf="input.errors | equals:input.errors.maxlength">MaxLength</div>
<div *ngIf="input.errors | equals:input.errors.pattern">Pattern</div>