I am building a website with MVC and I have a view with a form. I want validation to appear when users leave a field blank, however I can not get this to work. I have tried adding the Data annotation tags in the model, the asp-validation-for span, and checking the ModelState in the post action.
Here is my Model:
using System;
using IssueTracker.Areas.Identity.Data;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace IssueTracker.Models
{
public class EditProjectViewModel
{
public EditProjectViewModel()
{
this.Users = new List<ApplicationUser>();
this.OtherUsers = new List<ApplicationUser>();
}
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required]
public string? Name { get; set; }
[Required]
public string? Description { get; set; }
[Required]
public string? Status { get; set; }
[Required]
public string? ClientCompany { get; set; }
[Required]
public string? ProjectLeader { get; set; }
[Required]
public virtual List<ApplicationUser> Users { get; set; }
[Required]
public virtual List<ApplicationUser> OtherUsers { get; set; }
}
}
and here is my View:
@using IssueTracker.Areas.Identity.Data
@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity
@inject UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager
@model EditProjectViewModel
@{
ViewData["Title"] = "Edit Project: " + Model.Name;
}
@section Scripts2
{
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../dist/plugins/select2/css/select2.min.css">
}
<!-- Main content -->
<section class="content">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="card card-info">
<div class="card-header">
<h3 class="card-title">Edit Your Project</h3>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form method="post">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputName">Project Name:</label>
<textarea id="inputName" name="Name" class="form-control" rows="1">@Model.Name</textarea>
<span asp-validation-for="Name" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputDescription">Project Description:</label>
<textarea id="inputDescription" name="Description" class="form-control" rows="3">@Model.Description</textarea>
<span asp-validation-for="Description" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputStatus">Status:</label>
<select asp-for="Status" id="inputStatus" name="Status" class="form-control custom-select">
<option selected value="@Model.Status">@Model.Status</option>
@if (Model.Status != "In Development")
{
<option value="In Development">In Development</option>
}
@if (Model.Status != "On Hold")
{
<option value="On Hold">On Hold</option>
}
@if (Model.Status != "Revising")
{
<option value="Revising">Revising</option>
}
@if (Model.Status != "Completed")
{
<option value="Completed">Completed</option>
}
@if (Model.Status != "Withdrawn")
{
<option value="Withdrawn">Withdrawn</option>
}
</select>
<span asp-validation-for="Status" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputCompany">Client Company:</label>
<textarea asp-for="ClientCompany" id="inputCompany" name="ClientCompany" class="form-control" rows="1">@Model.ClientCompany</textarea>
<span asp-validation-for="ClientCompany" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputLeader">Project Leader:</label>
<select asp-for="ProjectLeader" id="inputLeader" name="ProjectLeader" class="form-control custom-select">
<option selected value="@Model.ProjectLeader">@(userManager.FindByIdAsync(Model.ProjectLeader).Result.FirstName + " " + userManager.FindByIdAsync(Model.ProjectLeader).Result.LastName)</option>
@foreach (ApplicationUser user in userManager.Users)
{
if (user != userManager.FindByIdAsync(Model.ProjectLeader).Result)
{
<option value="@user.Id">@(user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName)</option>
}
}
</select>
<span asp-validation-for="ProjectLeader" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Select 1 or More Contributors:</label>
<div class="select2-blue">
<select asp-for="Users" class="select2" name="Contributors" multiple="multiple" data-dropdown-css-class="select2-blue" data-placeholder="Select a Contributors" style="width: 100%;">
@foreach (ApplicationUser user in Model.Users)
{
<option value="@user.Id" selected>@(user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName)</option>
}
@foreach (ApplicationUser user in Model.OtherUsers)
{
<option value="@user.Id">@(user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName)</option>
}
</select>
</div>
<span asp-validation-for="Users" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-12">
<a asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Projects" class="btn btn-secondary">Cancel</a>
<input type="submit" asp-route-id="@Model.Id" value="Update Project" class="btn btn-success float-right">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- /.card-body -->
</div>
<!-- /.card -->
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- /.content -->
<!-- /.content-wrapper -->
@section Scripts{
<script src="../../dist/plugins/select2/js/select2.full.min.js"></script>
<script>$(function () {
$('.select2').select2()
})</script>
}
Lastly, here is my controller method:
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> EditProject(int Id, string Name, string Description, string Status, string ClientCompany,
string ProjectLeader, List<string> Contributors)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var project = await db.Projects.FindAsync(Id);
if (project == null)
{
return View("Error");
}
else
{
project.Name = Name;
project.Description = Description;
project.Status = Status;
project.ClientCompany = ClientCompany;
project.ProjectLeader = ProjectLeader;
}
db.Entry(project).Collection("Users").Load();
foreach (ApplicationUser user in project.Users)
{
db.Entry(user).Collection("Projects").Load();
user.Projects.Remove(project);
db.Users.Update(user);
}
project.Users.Clear();
foreach (string Contributor in Contributors)
{
project.Users.Add(await userManager.FindByIdAsync(Contributor));
userManager.FindByIdAsync(Contributor).Result.Projects.Add(project);
}
project.Users.Add(userManager.FindByIdAsync(ProjectLeader).Result);
userManager.FindByIdAsync(ProjectLeader).Result.Projects.Add(project);
db.Projects.Update(project);
await db.SaveChangesAsync();
return RedirectToAction("Projects");
}
return RedirectToAction("EditProject", Id);
}
Whenever I submit a form and leave fields blank, the page just refreshes and doesn't save any changes. Instead, I want the error validation messages to pop up. How can I achieve this? Thank you!
