jakarta struts and validation

[ew0kian]

I have a working validatorform form that uses the struts validation framework (mostly handled through xml files).

but i want it to instead of just saying "email is invalid"... i want it to also highlight the text infront of the field in red. any ideas as to the best way to implement this?

My code can be seen at this experts exchange thread:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/JSP/Q_21078788.html

THANKS!

 

[Dynapen]

Just set a property in the request/session/ActionForm to true that shows the validation failed. Then wrap your html in a <logic:equals> tag that tells it which style's to use.

<logic:equals property="validationFailed" value="true">
<p color=red>Test</p>
</logic:equals>
<logic:notEquals property="validationFailed" value="true">
<p>Test</p>
</logic:notEquals>

I would recommend using the Actionform so that you can instantiate the value to something, and then you don't have to worry about the <logic:exists> checks becuase the property will be there.