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Adding Custom Form Validation To A Field

5 years 1 month ago #24857 by ChartCo
Hi guys,

wondering if there is a configuration option to add a custom error message to a form field via the user-interface.

For example a text field, tel field. Or would this require custom JS to achieve?

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5 years 1 month ago #24858 by support
Dear ChartCo,

Which Form Field type are you using?

If you are using a Text Form Field type you can set a Custom Validator under the Text Parameters tab. See screenshot attached.

Please keep in mind the javascript code value represent the field's value. You can also access it via $('#field_alias').val();

Best regards,
Douglas Machado
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5 years 1 month ago #24860 by ChartCo
Hi Douglas,

thank you for your response. So For example I am looking to validate a text field to ensure it only uses a-z characters. I have tested using the following: ($('#name'.val() == /^[A-Za-z]+$/);

Which doesn't seem to work.

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5 years 1 month ago #24861 by support
Greetings,

In this case you don't need a Custom Validator. You can use the Alpha Validation instead of Custom.

If you want to use a Custom Validator it would look like this:
(value.match(/^[A-Za-z]+$/));

Best regards,
Douglas Machado
iStoreLocator | iFAQ | Ideal Related Articles | Contact Enhanced

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5 years 1 month ago #24872 by ChartCo
Thanks very much for your feedback, however I would be forced to use a custom validator due to wanting to generate a custom error message. If we are to use the default validator then we aren't able to control the error output to the user.

Thanks again

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