Angular form validation and bootstrap styles - css

Question

I'm quite new with Angular and i'm trying to create a registration form using Angular and Bootstrap 4.
The result i'd like is to use the styles of Bootstrap with the validation of Angular.
More precisely, when validating the form, Angular applies styles (ng-valid, ng-invalid, etc.) in two different places: the input element and the form element.
Two questions:
1) As Bootstrap uses 'has-danger' and 'has-success' instead of 'ng-[in]valid', is it possible to configure angular to use these styles instead of the default one. Currently, i'm considering extending bootstrap by adding the angular styles (with #extend has-danger/success)
2) Angular applies the style to the input and form elements whereas bootstrap expects it on the form-group element. Is it possible to have angular put the style there instead of the input element (or both?)
I'm using reactive forms and i'd like to avoid things like (not tested):
<form>
<div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="!fg.get('username').valid" [class.has-success]="fg.get('username').valid">
<label>Username</label>
<input formControlName="username" type="text"/>
</div>
</form>
Is there a simple way (not too verbose) of achieving this?

Answer 1

If you're using SASS you can do the following with out needing to rewrite all the css.
.ng-touched.ng-invalid {
#extend .is-invalid;
}
Note: you'll need to be importing bootstrap as part of your SASS build instead of reference it directly.
If you're not using SASS it's pretty to install see here
Angular CLI SASS options

Answer 2

Another option is this directive:
import {Directive, HostBinding, Self} from '#angular/core';
import {NgControl} from '#angular/forms';
#Directive({
selector: '[formControlName],[ngModel],[formControl]',
})
export class BootstrapValidationCssDirective {
constructor(#Self() private cd: NgControl) {}
#HostBinding('class.is-invalid')
get isInvalid(): boolean {
const control = this.cd.control;
return control ? control.invalid && control.touched : false;
}
}
It simply adds the is-invalid class to each field, if the field is touched or invalid. It basically behaves the same as Oliver's SASS-solution, but get's along without SASS and might also have a smaller compiled output.

Answer 3

The best idea that came to me while looking at the angular docs is to use a directive.
My implementation works only with Reactive forms and if the element you want to apply the style contains the form control (which, if you use bootstrap is the case). Should be extended for compatibility with select and textarea.
import { Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnInit } from '#angular/core';
import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '#angular/forms'
#Directive({ selector: '[formValidationStyle]' })
export class FormValidationStyleDirective implements OnInit {
#Input('formValidationStyle') private formGroup: FormGroup;
private component: FormControl;
static VALID_STYLE: string = 'has-success';
static INVALID_STYLE: string = 'has-danger';
constructor(private el: ElementRef) { }
ngOnInit(): void {
let componentName: string;
let inputElement = this.el.nativeElement.querySelector('input');
if (inputElement) {
componentName = inputElement.getAttribute('formControlName');
}
if (!componentName) {
console.error('FormValidationStyleDirective: Unable to get the control name. Is the formControlName attribute set correctly?')
return;
}
let control = this.formGroup.get(componentName)
if (!(control instanceof FormControl)) {
console.error(`FormValidationStyleDirective: Unable to get the FormControl from the form and the control name: ${componentName}.`)
return;
}
this.component = control as FormControl;
this.component.statusChanges.subscribe((status) => {
this.onStatusChange(status);
});
this.onStatusChange(this.component.status);
}
onStatusChange(status: string): void {
let cl = this.el.nativeElement.classList;
if (status == 'VALID') {
cl.add(FormValidationStyleDirective.VALID_STYLE)
cl.remove(FormValidationStyleDirective.INVALID_STYLE)
} else if (status == 'INVALID') {
cl.add(FormValidationStyleDirective.INVALID_STYLE)
cl.remove(FormValidationStyleDirective.VALID_STYLE)
}
}
}
Example:
The component:
#Component({
selector: 'security-register',
templateUrl: './register.component.html'
})
export class RegisterComponent {
registerForm: FormGroup;
constructor(private http: Http, private fb: FormBuilder) {
this.registerForm = this.fb.group({
username: ['', Validators.required]
});
}
}
And its template:
<form [formGroup]="registerForm" novalidate>
<div class="form-group" [formValidationStyle]="registerForm">
<label class="form-control-label" for="dbz-register-username">Login</label>
<input formControlName="username" type="text" class="form-control" id="dbz-register-username" required>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Register</button>
</div>
</form>