ab-formvalidation

1.0.4 • Public • Published

AB-formValidation

AB-formValidation is a small, detpendency free, vanilla JavaScript component that validate fields and forms following the native HTML5 Form API. It's used (a customized version) on the French website of ENGIE.

It's damn small: about 1800 bytes (uglyfied and GZipped).

Have a look at the CodePen demonstration.

Maintainability

Install

Install with npm:

npm install --save ab-formvalidation

Install with yarn:

yarn add ab-formvalidation

You can then import it in your JS bundle (webpack, ES6, browserify…):

import abFormValidation from 'ab-formvalidation';

Or loading the .js file right before </body> if you are not using a builder.

Setting up a Form

  • data-ab-form-validation attribute must be placed on your <form> element.

  • data-ab-form-validation-submit must be placed on the submit <button type="submit"> or <input type="submit"> element.

  • run inside your JavaScript: window.abFormValidation();. If your form is injected with XMLHttpRequest, you can run the same function again in the callback.

HTML

<form data-ab-form-validation>
  …
 
  <button type="submit" data-ab-form-validation-submit>Send</button>
</form>

JavaScript

Default settings for checked fields can be set when initializing the script:

window.abFormValidation({
  "classValid":        "is-valid",
  "classInvalid":      "isnt-valid",
  "classBtnDisabled":  "is-disabled",
  "typing":            false,
  "submitDisabled":    true,
  "validations": {
    "badInput":        "error: badInput",
    "patternMismatch": "error: patternMismatch",
    "rangeOverflow":   "error: rangeOverflow",
    "rangeUnderflow":  "error: rangeUnderflow",
    "stepMismatch":    "error: stepMismatch",
    "tooLong":         "error: tooLong",
    "tooShort":        "error: tooShort",
    "typeMismatch":    "error: typeMismatch",
    "valueMissing":    "error: valueMissing"
  }
});

Options explained

  • Personnalize dynamic classes for your styling:

    "classValid":       "is-valid",
    "classInvalid":     "isnt-valid",
    "classBtnDisabled": "is-disabled",
  • Choose realtime field validation (while typing) or not (onChange):

    "typing": false,
  • DBy default, submit button will be disabled. If you want to validate fields on submit, change setting to false:

    "submitDisabled": true,
  • Personalize error messages triggered by HTML5 Form API:

    "validations": {
      "badInput":        "error: badInput",
      "patternMismatch": "error: patternMismatch",
      "rangeOverflow":   "error: rangeOverflow",
      "rangeUnderflow":  "error: rangeUnderflow",
      "stepMismatch":    "error: stepMismatch",
      "tooLong":         "error: tooLong",
      "tooShort":        "error: tooShort",
      "typeMismatch":    "error: typeMismatch",
      "valueMissing":    "error: valueMissing"
    }

More interesting: define settings for a field

Only fields with data-ab-field-validation will be evaluated. Set specific settings in that attribute if needed.

<xxx data-ab-field-validation='{
  "typing": false,
  "validations": {
    "badInput":        "error: badInput",
    "patternMismatch": "error: patternMismatch",
    "rangeOverflow":   "error: rangeOverflow",
    "rangeUnderflow":  "error: rangeUnderflow",
    "stepMismatch":    "error: stepMismatch",
    "tooLong":         "error: tooLong",
    "tooShort":        "error: tooShort",
    "typeMismatch":    "error: typeMismatch",
    "valueMissing":    "error: valueMissing"
  }
}'>

Events and public access

  • FORM: an event is triggered on each form submit Real form submition (AJAX or not) is to be done on your side. To do so, listen to this specific event:

    document.addEventListener('submit.ab-formvalidation', function(e) {
      // e.detail.form:  submited form
      // e.detail.valid: form validity (boolean)
     
      if (e.detail.valid) {
        e.detail.form.submit(); // or call your own AJAX function
      }
    });
  • FIELD: check a specific field validity from your scripts

    // select the parent with the data-ab-field-validation attribute
    var myField = document.querySelector('');
     
    myField.abFieldValidation.checkValidity();
    // return true or false
  • FIELD: set custom error status (after an AJAX validation for ex.)

    // select the parent with the data-ab-field-validation attribute
    var myField = document.querySelector('');
     
    myField.abFieldValidation.setCustomError('My custom error message');
  • FIELD: an event is triggered on each field validation

    document.addEventListener('checked.ab-fieldvalidation', function(e) {
      // e.detail.field: checked field
      // e.detail.valid: field validity (boolean)
    });

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