Apply Twitter Bootstrap Validation Style and Message to ASP.NET MVC validation

Question

How can I integrate ASP.NET MVC unobtrusive validation and Twitter Bootstrap? I want to have all those validation messages and styles appropriately.

Solution 1

I suggest to include Bootstrapper in less format and do the same thing as Iridio suggested but in .less. That way you could have something like:

.validation-summary-errors
{
    .alert();
    .alert-error();
}
.field-validation-error 
{
    .label();
    .label-important();
}

so when bootstrapper will change you'll pick up the changes automatically. Regular styles that handle visibility from MVC default Site.css will stay in place and handle visibility.

Solution 2

A nice way of handling this if you're using Bootstrap 2 is...

Add this to your _Layout.cshtml:

<script type="text/javascript">

jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
    highlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass) {
        if (element.type === 'radio') {
            this.findByName(element.name).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
        } else {
            $(element).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
            $(element).closest('.control-group').removeClass('success').addClass('error');
        }
    },
    unhighlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass) {
        if (element.type === 'radio') {
            this.findByName(element.name).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
        } else {
            $(element).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
            $(element).closest('.control-group').removeClass('error').addClass('success');
        }
    }
});

$(function () {

    $("span.field-validation-valid, span.field-validation-error").addClass('help-inline');
    $("div.control-group").has("span.field-validation-error").addClass('error');
    $("div.validation-summary-errors").has("li:visible").addClass("alert alert-block alert-error");

});

</script>

These are the posts where I found the code pieces above:

Integrating Bootstrap Error styling with MVC’s Unobtrusive Error Validation

Twitter Bootstrap validation styles with ASP.NET MVC

MVC Twitter Bootstrap unobtrusive error handling

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UPDATE

Right now I needed to do the same when using Bootstrap 3. Here's the modifications necessary since the class names changed:

<script type="text/javascript">

    jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
        highlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass)
        {
            if (element.type === 'radio')
            {
                this.findByName(element.name).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
            } else
            {
                $(element).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
                $(element).closest('.form-group').removeClass('has-success').addClass('has-error');
            }
        },
        unhighlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass)
        {
            if (element.type === 'radio')
            {
                this.findByName(element.name).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
            } else
            {
                $(element).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
                $(element).closest('.form-group').removeClass('has-error').addClass('has-success');
            }
        }
    });

$(function () {

    $("span.field-validation-valid, span.field-validation-error").addClass('help-block');
    $("div.form-group").has("span.field-validation-error").addClass('has-error');
    $("div.validation-summary-errors").has("li:visible").addClass("alert alert-block alert-danger");

});

</script>

Solution 3

Copy the css of the validators in your css file and change the color accordinlgly. Something like this should do

.field-validation-error {
    color: #b94a48;
    display: inline-block;
    *display: inline;
    padding-left: 5px;
    vertical-align: middle;
    *zoom: 1;
}

.field-validation-valid {
    display: none;
}

.input-validation-error {
    /*
    border: 1px solid #ff0000;
    background-color: #ffeeee;
    */
    color: #b94a48;
    border-color: #b94a48;
}

.input-validation-error:focus {
  border-color: #953b39;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 6px #d59392;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 6px #d59392;
  box-shadow: 0 0 6px #d59392;
}

.validation-summary-errors {
    /*font-weight: bold;*/
    color: #b94a48;
}

.validation-summary-valid {
    display: none;
}

Solution 4

On Bootstrap 3 you have to add:

.validation-summary-errors
{
    .alert();
    .alert-danger();
}
.field-validation-error 
{
    .label();
    .label-danger();
}

you'll see something like that:

Solution 5

Why not just use css !important and call it a day:

/* Styles for validation helpers
-----------------------------------------------------------*/
.field-validation-error {
    color: #f00 !important;
}

.field-validation-valid {
    display: none;
}

.input-validation-error {
    border: 1px solid #f00 !important;
    background-color: #fee !important;
}

.validation-summary-errors {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #f00;
}

.validation-summary-valid {
    display: none;
}

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