Display Error Messages at Top of Forms

[Phil -- wbtc.fr --]

Hi guys,

we have a system to display error message near each field in error, but no way to summarize all fields in error in form header message.

I suggest that we could retrieve fields in error inside error_message element of forms.elm.tpl, which is something commonly seen all across the net by the way :)

p

[Alexander Obuhovich]

We could also create a tag, called DisplayErrors, that would display all errors from a given form in a format:

Field Name1: Error #1

Field Name2: Error #2

This would be possible by passing block name that should display each error:

<inp2:m_DefineElement name="error_element">

<p><inp2:m_Param name="field"/>: <inp2:Error field="$field"/></p>

</inp2:m_DefineElement>

<inp2:prefix_DisplayErrors render_as="error_element"/>

I think, that we already did something like that before.

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[Phil -- wbtc.fr --]

a new tag would be definitively a must.

I think we don't need to display field name :error, as I imagine a standard text like:

You forget to fill in the following mandatory fields:

field name 1

field name 2

...

Because we don't have (as far as I know) more than 1 type of error, but may I'm wrong :)

2011/11/15 Alexander Obuhovich <aik....@gmail.com>

[Alexander Obuhovich]

There are other error types you know :). Not only "Field is required". For example "Invalid e-mail format".

There 6+ types of errors total.

[Phil -- wbtc.fr --]

ah, ok :):

[Dmitry A.]

Phil,

Are you talking about Front-End or Admin? Sorry it's not crystal clear from your initial message.

If I am not mistaken we do have or had a tag which as printing out all the error message, or at least I saw this functionality earlier.

DA

[Phil -- wbtc.fr --]

Dmitry,

I wasn't clear enough on this, it's about front-end, and make forms more user friendly.

p

2011/11/19 Dmitry A. <dand...@gmail.com>