ng-minlength="1" error in form validation form.FormController

[rastislavcore]

When ng-minlength="1" and NO required is used on form it seems is it there bug, becouse:

ng-minlength="1" produce with no chars (<1) true in $error.minlength

[Narretz]

This is working as expected: if the input is empty and not required, it doesn't make sense to set an error before there's actually a value. Since the minlength is 1, you'll never see an error in this case

[rastislavcore]

Thank you for answer, this is now clear for me.
I have new idea for form checking, which can be useful:
There is already: $pristine, $dirty; but very useful can be $empty and $filled, which can be equal to .lengt checking.

[Narretz]

It's possible that my comment didn't address the actual problem you describe. However, I am unable to reproduce the error: http://plnkr.co/edit/QBQz6k97msQ3lyZ21GLV?p=preview

Okay, great that I could clarify things!

[rastislavcore]

Me issue is this:
http://plnkr.co/edit/4DhQhFcA3f5VeqQWWiUA?p=preview

[Narretz]

Okay, yes that's what my explanation was about: required and min / max length work independently from each other. I guess this is solved then.

[rastislavcore]

Anyway i think this is issue, becouse there isn't solution for this.

[caitp]

solution for what exactly? what exactly is the problem you're having with this? minlength=1 will not invalidate a field of length 0, because empty controls are valid --- unless required validation is used.

[rastislavcore]

Ok, i will explain it:
Integrate in form validation $empty and $filled mechanism, which can easy answer if the field is blank or not. I think this can be useful for many people.

This is exactly problem for all default states. How to determine dirty empty fields in angular form validation?

[Narretz]

Ah, I see what you mean. You want a property that reflects if there's input in the input. You can use form.myModel.$viewValue.length for that. I am not sure if it's worthwhile to have that as an extra property, even if, it needs to be seen that such a value always reflects the actual value the user sees.

[rastislavcore]

Thank you, this is exactly me issue. But solved with .length.
Maybe the tip in documentation is enough for this.
Anyway solved for me.