Contents tagged with Validation
Display Modes of Validator Controls
By default, asp.net validators are positioned right next to the control they validate. You can move them in the markup, but wherever you put them, they occupy an area equal to the area required to display the Text property (or if the Text is not present, then the ErrorMessage property). We may not want that. We may want them to only occupy space when they’re displayed, or not display them at all (and showing the error message in a validation summary only). The validators have a property called display, which can be set to one of three values: Static, Dynamic and None. Setting it to Static will mean the validator will occupy space even when there’s no error. Dynamic means that it won’t occupy space when there isn’t an error, but will show up when there is. None means that the validator’s Text (or ErrorMessage) isn’t displayed at all and doesn’t occupy any space. In this case, you’ll need to use a ValidationSummary control to be able to display the ErrorMessage.