3 Replies Latest reply on Aug 7, 2009 4:16 PM by alexsmirnov

    Custom validation message

    bungrudi

      Hello,

      How do one make custom validation message?
      My case is that I need to prepend field name before the message, i.e. "Name: value required."

      My env:
      Richfaces 3.3.1, Seam 2.1.1, JBoss AS 4.2.1

      Thanks before.

      Regards,
      Rudi A.

        • 1. Re: Custom validation message
          ilya_shaikovsky

          check label attribute on the input itself. And for message itseld check requiredMessage attribute.

          • 2. Re: Custom validation message
            bungrudi

            Hi Ilya,

            I tried your solution but it doesn't seem to work.
            Here's the code:

            <h:inputText value="#{_transportation.name}"
            rendered="#{_transportation.inEdit}"
            required="true"
            id="tfTransportName"
            requiredMessage="Test message"
            label="#{messages['common.Name']}">
            </h:inputText>

            and somewhere else in the page i have:

            <rich:messages />

            i even tried:

            <rich:message for="tfTransportName" />

            but no luck.

            Any clue?

            • 3. Re: Custom validation message
              alexsmirnov

              You can define your own messages using "message bundle" configuration element in the faces-config.xml