If I submit a form using button type="submit"
the form validation messages appear and everything is fine. However if I have a button (or link) with (click)="myhandler()"
then the validations do not appear.
How can I either:
- tag the element as requiring validators to run, or
- programatically run and show validation messages.
Note: These are simple validations like required on input fields.
Sample Code:
<form (ngSubmit)="save()">
<input required type='text' [(ngModel)]="name">
<!-- Shows validation messages but still calls save() -->
<button (click)="save()">Click</button>
<!-- Only submits if valid and shows messages -->
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<!-- does not even show validation messages, just calls save -->
<button (click)="save()">Click 2</button>
Please note: this approach is for reactive forms.
I used markAsTouched()
property to run validations on a button click.
Suppose the following button is outside the form:
<button type="button" (click)="validateForm()">Submit</button>
Now, in the validateForm
method if the form is invalid, you can set markAsTouched()
property for each of the form controls and angular will show validation messages.
validateForm() {
if (this.myformGroup.invalid) {
this.myformGroup.get('firstName').markAsTouched();
this.myformGroup.get('surname').markAsTouched();
return;
}
// do something else
}
provided you have validation messages setup in your html like
<mat-error *ngIf="myformGroup.get('firstName').hasError('required')">
first name is required
</mat-error>
and you have required field validation setup in your form group builder like
firstName: ['', Validators.required]
Below Code Will Help You .. Tested with Angular 4 Latest version 4.2.4
<form method="post" #f="ngForm" name="form" novalidate="novalidate" class="form">
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-sm-12" [ngClass]="{'has-error':!listname.valid && (listname.dirty || listname.touched || f.submitted)}">
<label for="listname">Name</label>
<input id="listname" name="listname" type="text" [(ngModel)]="listData.title"
required="true" placeholder="List Name" #listname="ngModel" class="form-control"/>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group text-right col-md-12 visible-md visible-lg">
<button type="button" name="save" (click)="f._submitted = true;saveAndPublish=false;saveList(f.valid)" class="btn btn-default">Save
Save List
</button>
<button type="button" name="saveandpublish" (click)="f._submitted = true;saveAndPublish=true;saveList(f.valid);" class="btn btn-primary">Save
& Publish List
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
in Your .ts File
saveList(isValid: boolean) {
if (isValid) {
console.log(this.listData)
}
}
You should keep the button disabled until the form is valid. So in your case change your form element opening tag to create a variable for the form:
<form (ngSubmit)="save()" #myForm="ngForm">
and disable the button when the form isn't valid
<button (click)="save()" [disabled]="!myForm.form.valid">Click 2</button>
Let me know if that works. As the form itself will validate automatically and constantly in anycase, you dont need to call for it to be done.
Button with type submit triggers form submit automatically, i guess you have to trigger form submit manually:
<form (ngSubmit)="save()" #form="ngForm">
<button (click)="form.onSubmit()">Click 2</button>
Why "ngForm"? A directive's exportAs property tells Angular how to link local variable to the directive. We set name to ngForm because the NgControlName directive's exportAs property happens to be "ngForm".
documentation
put conditions in [hidden] directive and change submitted property to true on submit!
<div [hidden]="email.valid || (email.untouched && !submitted) || !submitted" class="alert callout">
<span [hidden]="!email.hasError('required')">Required</span>
</div>
onSubmit(){
this.submitted = true
}
Put your click2
button within form
tag. It will start working !
<form (ngSubmit)="save()">
<input required type='text' [(ngModel)]="name">
<!-- Shows validation messages but still calls save() -->
<button (click)="save()">Click</button>
<!-- Only submits if valid and shows messages -->
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
<!-- this will work now -->
<button (click)="save()">Click 2</button>
</form>
Programatically check and disable using validation
<form class="form-horizontal" id='myForm' role="form" [ngFormModel]="CreateGroup">
<div class="col-md-7">
Name: <input type="text" [(ngModel)]='demoInfo.name' class="form-control" ngControl='name'>
</div>
Form Valid : {{CreateGroup.valid}}
</form>
<br>
<div class='text-center'>
<button type="button" [disabled]='!CreateGroup.valid' (click)="addNewGroup(demoInfo)" class="btn btn-primary">Create</button>
</div>
working example http://plnkr.co/edit/aoHHw709VeMlP8Qfgnp6?p=preview