I have some input fields, regular expression validators, and custom validators inside an ASP.NET ASCX control. The behavior is a bit odd in that it works the following way:
If a client side validator flags an error message and I tab away from the input field and click submit then the page posts as it should. However, if a client side validator has flagged an error and instead I correct the error and click submit button then the error is cleared but the page is not submitted until I click the submit button a second time.
My question is how do I change this behavior such that I only need to click the submit button once to both clear the error and postback the page? Also, is this "behavior" standard?
Update: This behavior occurs without using the user control. I believe it is specific behavior to the CompareValidator. Nope, same behavior occurs with custom validator. If I don't "tab away" and click the button then I must click it twice to get the postback to occur. The first click just clears the validators.
The issue is that the CustomValidator has display type as Dynamic and not Static. This post helped me to discover the answer
RequiredFieldValidator have to click twice
I will give credit for anyone who explains why it causes this behavior.
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I have a RegularExpressionValidator for a TextBox in a control, which itself is part of another control. When I click the button to submit the form, it seems that it should not do so unless all child controls are properly validated. However, what ends up happening is that I see the validation error message pop up for each control that failed to validate before the page posts back anyway and fails when it can't parse the malformed input.
I have tried surrounding the failing code with if (Page.IsValid) {...} to make sure it doesn't run without complete validation, but the property ends up being true by the time I hit the breakpoint.
Shouldn't an entire page be invalid if any child controls are not successfully validated?
Do you have different ValidationGroup controls defined? As long as the validators in the same validation group as the button are all setup correctly, yes it should block. Unless, for some reason, the JS is failing to load for the validators.
HTH.
Set "CausesValidation = true " to your submit button, I guess your problem will be solved.
Have you called Page.Validate() before using Page.IsValid ?
I have a couple of pages with standard asp.net validation controls such as RequiredFieldValidator etc inside my RadAjaxPanel.
As soon as I navigate to another tab in my RadTabStrip the page seems to force validation errors and pretty much "locks" the page even though non of the fields was selected to enter data.
Only once all the required fields was entered the page seems to release the "lock" and only then am I able to navigate to another tab / page without even submitting the page.
Any idea what might be causing the "lock" and forced validation errors on the page?
Thanks
The RequiredFieldValidators are failing as the fields are empty. These validators are fired client side and so they're stopping the postback (which will change your tab) from occurring.
I'm not sure how the tabbing works on a RadTabStrip, but for normal ASP Buttons there's a "CausesValidation" property on the button. If you set it to false, it'll stop any validators from being fired when pressed.
I have a little problem with the validation in one form
the form is composed by two taqs. There is a "Save" button in each tap (is the same control for both) and saves the form info. there are validation controls in one tab but not in the second. When we try to save the info from the second tab, and the info has not been filled in the first tab, the validators fire, and nothing happends, but because this validators are shown in the other tab, the end user might be thinking that the operation has been completed, instead, I would like to show a msgBox telling the user about the errors in the other tab. How do I know that the validators in the other tab have been fired, and display the error message when the button is clicked?
You should use the ValidationGroup of your validator controls and the appropriate submit button. You can also use a ValidationSummary control which displays a summary of the validation messages - this can be set to display a message box if you want by setting the property ShowMessageBox=true.
taqs - tap
dear why are you so confused?
All the validators are posted to the page as JavaScript functions. You can call the validation function on button's click and take the appropriate action.
You can use on buttons
onClientClick="Page_ClientValidate();"
I have used AJAXToolkit AutoComplete extender in my project.It works fines.But the issue is with the form of the page.
when i type in the AutoComplete, i get list of suggestions.When i click on the page other than the Autocomplete, the form gets submitted.
any suggestions how to stop submission of entire form whenever i click on the page?I use .net 2.0
Does your TextBox have AutoPostBack="True" set? If so, it will automatically postback when you're "finished" (when the input control loses focus). If this is the case, just set it to false.
yeah,My TextBox AutoPostBack was set to true which i have changed it to false, now.
but i have a url attached to each of my suggestions.On click of suggestion, user gets navigated to that particular url. When i do AutoPostback= "false", i wont get navigated to that page.
HOw do i handle it?
I think it would be as simple as adding a required validator to your element to see if the user selected anything.
Eric
Use jquery to add an event handler that detects clicks. When a click occurs, stop the browser. Let me know if you need code.
I have one aspx page that has two UserControls on it; each is primarily a ModalPopupExtender. One has validators; one does not. The one that does not has a Submit button with the CausesValidation="false" attribute on it.
When that Submit button is clicked, nothing happens. Click it again, and the postback happens as expected. There is clearly some validation issue going on here, because if I remove all validators from the page, the postback succeeds on the first click.
What's going on here?
Without seeing the code, I can't say this for certain, but it sounds like you may need to utilize the validation groups. The validation group would be set on the validation components as well as the button that posts back the page.
Make sure that the buttons that show the ModalPopups are marked CausesValidation=false as well. What was happening was that the "Show Dialog" button for the non-validating dialog was not marked this way; this was causing the entire page to validate when that dialog was shown - including the other dialog, which did have validation and was failing it. This caused the Submit button to fail for apparently no reason.
Moral of the story: Make sure to use CausesValidation on any buttons that don't require it, and use Validation Groups to separate out various page parts, especially when parts of the page are not visible.
Have you tried removing the OK button property from the modal popup?