I have a simple validation to show an error message when a TextBox is empty. The problem is with the message displaying the only the first letter of the message.
In the TextBox Style:
<Trigger Property="Validation.HasError" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding Path=(Validation.Errors)[0].ErrorContent, RelativeSource={x:Static RelativeSource.Self}}" />
</Trigger>
If I set the error message directly to the Setter Value, it shows all of it without any problem.
<Trigger Property="Validation.HasError" Value="True">
<Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="This field is required!" />
</Trigger>
XAML Code:
<TextBox Text="{Binding Name, Mode=TwoWay,
UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged,
ValidatesOnNotifyDataErrors=True,
NotifyOnValidationError=True}" />
C# code
private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _errors = new Dictionary<string, string>();
private readonly object _lock = new object();
public event EventHandler<DataErrorsChangedEventArgs> ErrorsChanged;
public IEnumerable GetErrors(string propertyName)
{
string errorsForName;
lock (_lock)
{
errorsForName = _errors.FirstOrDefault(e => e.Key == propertyName).Value;//.TryGetValue(propertyName, out errorsForName);
}
return errorsForName;
}
public bool HasErrors
{
get { return _errors.Values.FirstOrDefault(l => !String.IsNullOrEmpty(l)) != null; }
}
private void RaiseErrorsChanged(string propertyName)
{
EventHandler<DataErrorsChangedEventArgs> handler = ErrorsChanged;
if (handler == null) return;
var arg = new DataErrorsChangedEventArgs(propertyName);
handler.Invoke(this, arg);
}
private void RequiredValidation(string propertyName, string value)
{
lock (_lock)
{
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
{
_errors[propertyName] = "The name can't be null or empty.";
}
else
{
if (_errors.ContainsKey(propertyName)) { _errors.Remove(propertyName); }
}
RaiseErrorsChanged(propertyName);
SaveCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
}
}
Your GetErrors
method should return an IEnumerable<string>
instead of an IEnumerable<char>
:
public IEnumerable GetErrors(string propertyName)
{
string errorsForName;
lock (_lock)
{
errorsForName = _errors.FirstOrDefault(e => e.Key == propertyName).Value;//.TryGetValue(propertyName, out errorsForName);
}
return new List<string> { errorsForName };
}