Frontend Validation

Frontend validation happens on the rendered landing pages. The things it should achieve:

• display i18n error messages based on which validation fails (based on the page language)

• only force validation of required fields

• required in the editor has multiple meanings:

  • most fields: this field should have a value set that is different from an empty string

  • number fields: not null value

  • checkbox: not false value

Current implementation

Currently validation is achieved by generating as many error components after each field as necessary to handle each validator. If a validator fails the relevant error div is added to the document. If the fields is also required a has-error class is appended to the parent. Errors are only displayed when this class set. In this scheme the