Question

I’d like to show user different validation messages. One is at validation message list, and the other is near my edit box. Let’s see by code:
My Model:

[StringLength(10, ErrorMessage = "{0} cannot be more than {1} characters.")]
string Name { get; set; }

In View:

@* in form *@

@*
My long message is here:
"Name cannot be more than 10 characters."
*@
@Html.ValidationSummary(false)

@*
And my short validation message is here:
"*"
*@
@Html.TextBoxFor( m=> m.Name)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Name)
@*
But this validation message must be "*" instead of "Name cannot be more than 10 characters."
*@

Also I used @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Name, "ShortMessage"), But didn’t worked. It shows “ShortMessage” as soon as page is loaded. Not after the validation failure.

How to acheve this? I’m using MVC4.
Any helps would be appreciated.

Answer 1

@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Name, "*")

This worked after including “Site.css” css file at heading section. You must insure “site.css” style classes before using validation.