formJS
/Demos
Show Error Messages via CSS
HTML
<form action="../json/data.json" name="my-form">
<div data-formjs-question class="form-group">
<div class="answers-box label-move-up">
<input name="name" type="text" data-length="[3,20]" class="form-control" required />
<label>Name</label>
</div>
<div class="field-error-message small">Write your name! It must be between 3 and 20 chars.</div>
</div>
<div data-formjs-question class="form-group">
<div class="answers-box label-move-up">
<input name="surname" type="text" data-length="[3,20]" class="form-control" data-validate-if-filled />
<label>Surname</label>
</div>
<div class="field-error-message small">Surname is not mandatory but, if filled, it must be between 3 and 20 chars!</div>
</div>
<div data-formjs-question class="form-group">
<div class="answers-box label-move-up">
<input name="email" type="email" class="form-control" required />
<label>Email</label>
</div>
<div class="field-error-message small">
<div data-error-type="empty">
Email address cannot be empty!
</div>
<div data-error-type="rule">
Check your email address, it is not valid:
<ul>
<li data-error-type="missingAtChar">@ char is missing</li>
<li data-error-type="missingUserName">Username is missing</li>
<li data-error-type="missingDomain">Domain is missing</li>
<li data-error-type="missingExtensionDot">Extension dot is missing</li>
<li data-error-type="missingExtension">Extension is missing</li>
<li data-error-type="minlengthExtension">Extension isn't long enough</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div data-formjs-question class="form-group">
<p class="mb-2 small">Select your contact preferences <br />( 2 answers max )</p>
<div class="answers-box">
<div class="form-check">
<input name="contactPrefCheck" type="checkbox" value="sms" class="form-check-input" id="checkbox-1-a" required data-checks="[1,2]" />
<label class="form-check-label" for="checkbox-1-a">SMS</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
<input name="contactPrefCheck" type="checkbox" value="email" class="form-check-input" id="checkbox-2-a" required />
<label class="form-check-label" for="checkbox-2-a">Email</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
<input name="contactPrefCheck" type="checkbox" value="app-notiifcation" class="form-check-input" id="checkbox-3-a" required />
<label class="form-check-label" for="checkbox-3-a">App Notification</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="field-error-message small">
You must select at least 1 and at most 2 answers!
</div>
</div>
<div data-formjs-question class="form-group">
<div class="answers-box">
<div class="small">
I agree with the <a href="#" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>.
</div>
<div class="form-check form-check-inline">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="privacyCheck" id="privacyCheck-1-a" value="accepted" required />
<label class="form-check-label" for="privacyCheck-1-a">Yes</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check form-check-inline">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="privacyCheck" id="privacyCheck-2-a" value="" required />
<label class="form-check-label" for="privacyCheck-2-a">No</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="field-error-message small">You must agree!</div>
</div>
<div class="text-center">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-light">SEND</button>
</div>
<div class="d-none alert mt-5 mb-4" role="alert" data-formjs-global-feedback></div>
</form>
JS
function addClass ( element, cssClasses ){
if( cssClasses ){
cssClasses.trim().split(' ').forEach(function(className){
element.classList.add( className );
});
}
}
function getErrorRuleClassesFromContainer ( containerEl ) {
let errorClasses = '';
errorClasses = Array.from(containerEl.classList).filter(function( cssClass ){
return cssClass.indexOf('has-error-rule-') === 0;
}).join(' ');
return errorClasses;
}
function getErrorRuleClassesFromErrorsObj ( errorsObj ) {
let errorClasses = '';
for(let errorName in errorsObj){
if( errorName !== 'empty' && errorName !== 'rule' ){
errorClasses += ' has-error-rule-' + errorName;
}
}
return errorClasses.trim();
}
function removeClass ( element, cssClasses ){
if( cssClasses ){
cssClasses.trim().split(' ').forEach(function(className){
element.classList.remove( className );
});
}
}
function onValidationDemoErrorsCss ( obj, options ){
const isValid = obj.result,
$field = obj.$field,
$container = $field.closest('[data-formjs-question]');
if( $container !== null && !options.fieldOptions.skipUIfeedback ){
if( isValid ){
const errorClasses = getErrorRuleClassesFromContainer($container);
if( errorClasses ){
removeClass( $container, errorClasses );
}
} else {
const errorClasses = getErrorRuleClassesFromErrorsObj(obj.errors),
errorClassToRemove = getErrorRuleClassesFromContainer($container);
removeClass( $container, errorClassToRemove );
addClass( $container, errorClasses );
}
}
}
const $form = document.querySelector('form');
$form.addEventListener('fjs.field:validation', function(event){
onValidationDemoErrorsCss( event.detail, this.formjs.options );
});
const formInstance = new Form( $form );