Question

I am trying to use a different message for @Html.ValidationMessageFor() in ASP.NET MVC3. This works fine but it seems to make the message be always displayed , e.g. if I do this:

@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.TimesheetEntry.Product)

then the error is only shown when I submit the form and it is invalid. However if I do this:

@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.TimesheetEntry.Product, "custom error")

then that message is displayed as soon as I initially load the page. I’m probably doing something stupid here and any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Have you tried the CSS from this question?

.field-validation-valid
{
    display: none;
}
.validation-summary-valid
{
    display: none;
}