validation - Asp.Net MVC - Change error class name

Question

When I do field validation in Asp.Net MVC, it's generated the following error css classes :

• input-validation-error
• field-validation-error

Is there a way that I can change the names of the error classes that are generated?

I use xVal.

Answer 1

I don't know about xVal but as far as the ASP.NET MVC side of things go, if you have a look at the source you'll see there are some static readonly strings that represent these values.

public static readonly string ValidationInputCssClassName = "input-validation-error";
public static readonly string ValidationMessageCssClassName = "field-validation-error";
public static readonly string ValidationSummaryCssClassName = "validation-summary-errors";

So either you edit the source to your liking (which may also fix xVal) or alter the outputting code to use different values somehow.

If xVal is using jQuery Validation (which I think it does...?) you could change it's default value for the 'errorClass' option. My answer here could help you along that path.

HTHs,
Charles