I implement a special validator to check if there is something checked:
public class AtLestOneRequiredAttribute : RequiredAttribute
{
public override bool IsValid(object value)
{
return (value != null);
}
}
public class RequiredListValidator : DataAnnotationsModelValidator<AtLestOneRequiredAttribute>
{
private readonly string errorMessage;
public RequiredListValidator(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context, AtLestOneRequiredAttribute attribute)
: base(metadata, context, attribute)
{
this.errorMessage = attribute.ErrorMessage;
}
public override IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules()
{
var rule = new ModelClientValidationRule
{
ErrorMessage = errorMessage,
ValidationType = "atlestonerequired"
};
return new[] { rule };
}
}
I also create Unobtrusive Validation Attributes for this select ( http://weblogs.asp.net/srkirkland/archive/2011/03/08/adding-unobtrusive-validation-to-mvccontrib-fluent-html.aspx )
Model:
[AtLestOneRequired(ErrorMessage="At least one selection required")]
public IList<int> MyCheckBox{ get; set; }
View:
@this.CheckBoxList(x => x.MyCheckBox).Options(Model.MyCheckBoxes).IncludeUnobtrusiveValidationAttributes(Html)
As a result, I get this html with unobtrusive attributes in:
<div data-val="true" data-val-atlestonerequired="At least one selection required" id="MyCheckBox">
<input id="MyCheckBox_0" name="MyCheckBox" type="checkbox" value="1"/>
<label for="MyCheckBox_0" id="MyCheckBox_0_Label">A</label>
<input id="MyCheckBox_1" name="MyCheckBox" type="checkbox" value="2"/>
<label for="MyCheckBox_1" id="MyCheckBox_1_Label">B</label>
<input id="MyCheckBox_2" name="MyCheckBox" type="checkbox" value="3"/>
<label for="MyCheckBox_2" id="MyCheckBox_2_Label">C</label>
<input id="MyCheckBox_3" name="MyCheckBox" type="checkbox" value="4"/>
<label for="MyCheckBox_3" id="MyCheckBox_3_Label">D</label>
....
</div>
But my validaton is not working on the client side, what do I need to do to make it work? I think maybe I need to implement my own jQuery validaton method in this case, if it doesn't work by default?
tried to add this:
jQuery.validator.addMethod("atlestonerequired", function (value, element) {
return (value != null);
});
jQuery.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.addBool('atlestonerequired');
does not work.
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