ideas on displaying validation errors

[lindbird]

I am trying to display a web form with validation on submit, but am having a hard time displaying errors in a neat way. Currently, I am doing it the "spring" way:

<spring:bind path="myCommand.description">
<input type="text" name="${status.expression}" value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>"/>
<span class="fieldError">${status.errorMessage}</span>
</spring:bind>


the problem occurs when I have multiple inputs on one line, when the validation errors come up, the fields get wrapped to the next line... ahhh

how has anyone dealt with this?

[Cowboy Bob]

Hint : you can bind the same property more than once. So this is valid:-

<spring:bind path="myCommand.description">
<input type="text" name="${status.expression}" value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>"/>
</spring:bind>

<spring:bind path="myCommand.description">
<span class="fieldError">${status.errorMessage}</span>
</spring:bind>

You can then put the error anywhere you want on the page. As to how you design your page, well that's up to you :wink:

Bob