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How to add extra text on the fly -- e.g: (*) -- to the error message of required fields ?

Article describing a simple workaround to insert additional text to the error message for Form fields in the .Net Core renderer without having to extend the Model or ViewModel

Dec 12, 2024
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How to add extra text on the fly -- e.g: (*) -- to the error message of required fields ?

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how-to-add-extra-text-on-the-fly-e-g-to-the-error-message-of-required-fields

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000273349

Environment

Product: Sitefinity .NET Core Renderer Version: 14.4, 15.0, 15.1

Question/Problem Description

How to insert additional text on the fly -- e.g: (*) -- to the error message of required Form fields ?

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The following lines can be added to any of the form field templates (TexField, MultipleChoices, etc. )

The following namespaces need to be added as well:

@using Progress.Sitefinity.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
@using Newtonsoft.Json

The code will just loop thru the list of messages and add the (*) as needed. This can be controlled in the code as needed (e.g: if you need to add the asterisk (*) only to certain error message, etc.)

@{
var listOfRestrictionMessages = new Dictionary<string, string>();
var restrictionsMessagesJson = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(Model.ViolationRestrictionsMessages);
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in restrictionsMessagesJson)
{
listOfRestrictionMessages.Add(entry.Key, "(*) " + entry.Value);
}

Model.ViolationRestrictionsMessages = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(listOfRestrictionMessages);
}

The source code of all the widget of the Sitefinity .Net Core Renderer can be found in the the following Github repository:

https://github.com/Sitefinity/sitefinity-aspnetcore-mvc-widgets
https://github.com/Sitefinity/sitefinity-aspnetcore-mvc-widgets/tree/master/Progress.Sitefinity.AspNetCore.FormWidgets/Views/Shared/Components

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12/12/2024 6:34 PM

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