Aah! Right, I didn't read correctly. The hard one: good luck! :) - (sorry, in a hurry, will think about it for some time and come back)
On Oct 13, 2:03 pm, hairbo <[email protected]> wrote: > @Rolf, > > Hmm... Interesting idea. Though I think what you're suggesting is a > little different from what I had in mind. I sort of want the server > errors to just trigger the existing form.Validator responses. But > maybe your notion is more workable. > > On Oct 13, 3:11 am, Rolf -nl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you reponse back with errors in a json format where the key is the > > label/id you could easily add the errors back in the form layout > > onSuccess of the ajax post. Though I have not seen a ready made plugin > > yet that does this for you :) I would not return html though, json is > > easier. > > > On Oct 12, 9:30 pm, hairbo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm considering rolling the cool Form.Validator stuff into my generic > > > form code, and I have two questions, one cheap, and one more in-depth: > > > > Cheap one: I see the default error behavior I get with > > > Form.Validator.Inline. It's nice, but I was wondering if there was a > > > catalog out there somewhere of other ways to handle the error > > > messages. For example, I'd really like to have the error message > > > appear inside the <label> tag, but I'm trying to be lazy and not write > > > my own...<ducks>. > > > > More in-depth one: So client-side validation is nice, but obviously, > > > you still need to validate data on the server, and you still need to > > > be able to return errors from the server back to the client if you hit > > > errors. So, from that perspective, the only thing that client-side > > > validation really wins you is less of a server load, and maybe a nicer > > > experience for the end user. > > > > The slick thing to do would be to somehow integrate error messages > > > spit back by the server with error messages from Form.Validator. I'm > > > not 100% sure what the behavior should be like, but in a general way, > > > I'd imagine that the server would return <div class="validation- > > > advice"> tags that somehow Form.Validator would pick up, and then > > > appropriately display (and then appropriately remove, if/when the user > > > inputs data in the proper format). I guess my question is...does this > > > kind of integration exist? How do other folks handle this sort of > > > thing? > > > > Thanks.
