"Invisible" form errors
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Tom Tobin
Feb 19, 2006, 1:40:44 PM2/19/06
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When working with and troubleshooting forms, it can be a common
mistake to have a particular field be required yet not present in the
form. Currently, such a case will lead to a "please correct the
error(s) below" message without those errors in question actually
being displayed, as the errors are tied to display with their fields
and cannot display if the field is not present in the form.
mistake to have a particular field be required yet not present in the
form. Currently, such a case will lead to a "please correct the
error(s) below" message without those errors in question actually
being displayed, as the errors are tied to display with their fields
and cannot display if the field is not present in the form.
As a solution, I worked up the patch in #1352; it adds an
`error_dict_invisible` attribute to forms, and alters the relevant
admin template to take advantage of this attribute.
Thoughts, criticism, etc?
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