I have a form where users have to answer questions through checkboxes. There are quite few checkboxes and I'm using AngularJS in the form to validate it. A basic validation is that all the required fields are filled.
Below is my example code:
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> IT
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> Design
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> Photoshop
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> Writing
Now I want the checkboxes to be required so from the "skills" checkboxes the user atleast checks 1 box.
I've tried putting the required tag but it didn't seem to work.
Im using AngularJS to validate my form like so
<button ng-disabled="myForm.$invalid">Submit</button>
Any idea how I can fix this? If you can working fiddle that would great.
I have a form where users have to answer questions through checkboxes. There are quite few checkboxes and I'm using AngularJS in the form to validate it. A basic validation is that all the required fields are filled.
Below is my example code:
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> IT
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> Design
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> Photoshop
<input type="checkbox" name="skills"> Writing
Now I want the checkboxes to be required so from the "skills" checkboxes the user atleast checks 1 box.
I've tried putting the required tag but it didn't seem to work.
Im using AngularJS to validate my form like so
<button ng-disabled="myForm.$invalid">Submit</button>
Any idea how I can fix this? If you can working fiddle that would great.
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It depends on your ng-model. If you are filling all the values into an array then you can do
myArray.length– nivas Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:01 -
@nivas as more then 1 item can be checked I use a JavaScript function to loop through all the checkboxes and
pushall the "checked" boxes into an array. And send that array to my server. So didn't use the ng-model. – Skywalker Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:04 - then you can check array length right – nivas Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:10
- @nivas true. I can check array length but the array is only populated when I submit the form because thats when the functions loops through the checkboxes. Without "submitting" the form the array will always be empty even though the user has checked multiple boxes. – Skywalker Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:12
- use ng-change event of checkbox and call a function in that that push element when user checks the checkbox and pop when user untick the checkbox so on form submission check the length of array if its empty then show him popup or alert message. – Abhishekkumar Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 11:17
3 Answers
Reset to default 2If you want to validate using ng-disabled="myForm.$invalid"
var app = angular.module('myModule', []);
app.controller("myController", function ($scope) {
$scope.choices = [{"name":"IT"},{"name":"Design"},{"name":"Technology"}];
$scope.checkBoxArray = [];
$scope.validate = function (value) {
if ($scope.checkBoxArray.indexOf(value) == -1){
$scope.checkBoxArray.push(value);
}
else {
$scope.checkBoxArray.splice($scope.checkBoxArray.indexOf(value), 1);
}
}
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<html ng-app="myModule">
<body ng-controller="myController">
<ng-form name="myForm">
<span ng-repeat="choice in choices">
<input type="checkbox" name="skills" ng-required="checkBoxArray.length==0" ng-model="choice.checked" ng-change="validate(choice.name)">
{{choice.name}}
</span>
</ng-form>
<button ng-disabled="myForm.$invalid">Submit</button>
</body>
</html>Try this working demo :
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
myApp.controller('MyCtrl',function($scope) {
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="myApp" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<form name="checkBoxForm">
<input type="checkbox" name="skills" ng-model="IT">IT
<input type="checkbox" name="skills" ng-model="Design">Design
<input type="checkbox" name="skills" ng-model="Photoshop">Photoshop
<input type="checkbox" name="skills" ng-model="Writing">Writing
<button ng-disabled="!IT&&!Design&&!Photoshop&&!Writing">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>You can use a array to do this:
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
myApp.controller('MyCtrl',function($scope) {
$scope.collection=[{
"Name": "IT"},
{
"Name": "Design"},
{
"Name": "Photoshop"},
{
"Name": "Writing"}];
$scope.disableButton = true;
$scope.doTheThings = function (item)
{
if (item.checked)
$scope.disableButton = true;
else
$scope.disableButton = false;
}
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="myApp" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<ul>
<li ng-repeat="item in collection">
<input type="checkbox" name="skills" ng-model="item.checked" ng-click="doTheThings(item)"> {{item.Name}}
</li>
</ul>
<button ng-disabled="disableButton"> Submit </button>
</form>
</div>