Blazor validate unmodified form

Question

I want to validate a Blazor form even though the user hasn't changed the value of any form fields. (By default, Blazor only validates fields after they are modified.)

How can I validate the form without requiring user interaction (editing a field, clicking a button, etc.)? I want to validate the form when it initially shows.

Here is my code:

@using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
@page "/"

<EditForm Model="@formModel" Context="currentEditContext">
    <DataAnnotationsValidator />

    <p>
        <label>My Text: <InputText @bind-Value="formModel.Text" /></label>
        <ValidationMessage For="@(() => formModel.Text)" />
    </p>

    <p>Form valid: @currentEditContext.Validate()</p>
</EditForm>

@code
{
    FormModel formModel = new();

    private class FormModel
    {
        [Required]
        public string Text { get; set; } = "";
    }
}

I tried using various methods on my EditContext object, but none of them triggered validation.

• editContext.Validate();
• editContext.NotifyValidationStateChanged();
• editContext.NotifyFieldChanged(editContext.Field("Text"));

Answer 1

I discovered that I can trigger the form validation by running editContext.Validate() inside OnAfterRender().

This code validates the form immediately upon loading the page:

@using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
@page "/"

<EditForm EditContext="editContext">
    <DataAnnotationsValidator />

    <p>
        <label>My Text: <InputText @bind-Value="formModel.Text" /></label>
        <ValidationMessage For="@(() => formModel.Text)" />
    </p>

    <p>Form valid: @(!editContext.GetValidationMessages().Any())</p>
</EditForm>

@code
{
    FormModel formModel = new();
    EditContext editContext;

    private class FormModel
    {
        [Required]
        public string Text { get; set; } = "";
    }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        editContext = new(formModel);
        base.OnInitialized();
    }

    protected override void OnAfterRender(bool firstRender)
    {
        if (firstRender)
        {
            editContext.Validate();
            StateHasChanged(); // Update the "Form valid" message
        }

        base.OnAfterRender(firstRender);
    }
}