Reconcile Angular.js and Bootstrap form validation styling

Question

I am using Angular with Bootstrap. Here is the code for reference:

Answer 1

Minor improvement to @farincz's answer. I agree that a directive is the best approach here but I didn't want to have to repeat it on every .form-group element so I updated the code to allow adding it to either the .form-group or to the parent <form> element (which will add it to all contained .form-group elements):

angular.module('directives', [])
  .directive('showValidation', [function() {
    return {
        restrict: "A",
        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {

            if (element.get(0).nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'form') {
                element.find('.form-group').each(function(i, formGroup) {
                    showValidation(angular.element(formGroup));
                });
            } else {
                showValidation(element);
            }

            function showValidation(formGroupEl) {
                var input = formGroupEl.find('input[ng-model],textarea[ng-model]');
                if (input.length > 0) {
                    scope.$watch(function() {
                        return input.hasClass('ng-invalid');
                    }, function(isInvalid) {
                        formGroupEl.toggleClass('has-error', isInvalid);
                    });
                }
            }
        }
    };
}]);

Answer 2

<div class="form-group has-feedback" ng-class="{ 'has-error': form.uemail.$invalid && form.uemail.$dirty }">
  <label class="control-label col-sm-2" for="email">Email</label>
  <div class="col-sm-10">
    <input type="email" class="form-control" ng-model="user.email" name="uemail" placeholder="Enter email" required>
    <div ng-show="form.$submitted || form.uphone.$touched" ng-class="{ 'has-success': form.uemail.$valid && form.uemail.$dirty }">
    <span ng-show="form.uemail.$valid" class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok-sign form-control-feedback" aria-hidden="true"></span>
    <span ng-show="form.uemail.$invalid && form.uemail.$dirty" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle form-control-feedback" aria-hidden="true"></span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 3

Use Bootstrap's "error" class for styling. You can write less code.

<form name="myForm">
  <div class="control-group" ng-class="{error: myForm.name.$invalid}">
    <label>Name</label>
    <input type="text" name="name" ng-model="project.name" required>
    <span ng-show="myForm.name.$error.required" class="help-inline">
        Required</span>
  </div>
</form>

EDIT: As other answers and comments point out - in Bootstrap 3 the class is now "has-error", not "error".

Answer 4

If styling is the issue, but you don't want to disable the native validation, why not override the styling with your own, more specific style?

input.ng-invalid, input.ng-invalid:invalid {
   background: red;
   /*override any styling giving you fits here*/
}

Cascade your problems away with CSS selector specificity!

Answer 5

The classes have changed in Bootstrap 3:

<form class="form-horizontal" name="form" novalidate ng-submit="submit()" action="/login" method="post">
  <div class="row" ng-class="{'has-error': form.email.$invalid, 'has-success': !form.email.$invalid}">
    <label for="email" class="control-label">email:</label>
    <div class="col">
    <input type="email" id="email" placeholder="email" name="email" ng-model="email" required>
    <p class="help-block error" ng-show="form.email.$dirty && form.email.$error.required">please enter your email</p>
    <p class="help-block error" ng-show="form.email.$error.email">please enter a valid email</p>
  ...

Note the quotes around 'has-error' and 'has-success': took a while to find that...

Answer 6

Minor improvement to @Andrew Smith's answer. I change input elements and using require keyword.

.directive('showValidation', [function() {
    return {
        restrict: "A",
        require:'form',
        link: function(scope, element, attrs, formCtrl) {
            element.find('.form-group').each(function() {
                var $formGroup=$(this);
                var $inputs = $formGroup.find('input[ng-model],textarea[ng-model],select[ng-model]');

                if ($inputs.length > 0) {
                    $inputs.each(function() {
                        var $input=$(this);
                        scope.$watch(function() {
                            return $input.hasClass('ng-invalid');
                        }, function(isInvalid) {
                            $formGroup.toggleClass('has-error', isInvalid);
                        });
                    });
                }
            });
        }
    };
}]);