Upgrade gl_field_errors to support more use cases.

app/assets/javascripts/gl_field_errors.js.es6

@@ -4,18 +4,56 @@
    * This class overrides the browser's validation error bubbles, displaying custom
    * error messages for invalid fields instead. To begin validating any form, add the
    * class `show-gl-field-errors` to the form element, and ensure error messages are
-   * declared in each inputs' title attribute.
+   * declared in each inputs' `title` attribute. If no title is declared for an invalid
+   * field the user attempts to submit, "This field is required." will be shown by default.
    *
-   * Example:
+   * Opt not to validate certain fields by adding the class `gl-field-error-ignore` to the input.
+   *
+   * Set a custom error anchor for error message to be injected after with the class `gl-field-error-anchor`
+   *
+   * Examples:
+   *
+   * Basic:
    *
    * <form class='show-gl-field-errors'>
    *  <input type='text' name='username' title='Username is required.'/>
-   *</form>
+   * </form>
+   *
+   * Ignore specific inputs (e.g. UsernameValidator):
+   *
+   * <form class='show-gl-field-errors'>
+   *   <div class="form-group>
+   *     <input type='text' class='gl-field-errors-ignore' pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+'/>
+   *   </div>
+   *   <div class="form-group">
+   *      <input type='text' name='username' title='Username is required.'/>
+   *    </div>
+   * </form>
+   *
+   * Custom Error Anchor (allows error message to be injected after specified element):
    *
+   * <form class='show-gl-field-errors'>
+   *  <div class="form-group gl-field-error-anchor">
+   *    <input type='text' name='username' title='Username is required.'/>
+   *    // Error message typically injected here
+   *  </div>
+   *  // Error message now injected here
+   * </form>
+   *
+    * */
+
+  /*
+    * Regex Patterns in use:
+    *
+    * Only alphanumeric: : "[a-zA-Z0-9]+"
+    * No special characters : "[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+",
+    *
     * */
 
   const errorMessageClass = 'gl-field-error';
   const inputErrorClass = 'gl-field-error-outline';
+  const errorAnchorSelector = '.gl-field-error-anchor';
+  const ignoreInputSelector = '.gl-field-error-ignore';
 
   class GlFieldError {
     constructor({ input, formErrors }) {
@@ -34,16 +72,18 @@
     }
 
     initFieldValidation() {
+      const customErrorAnchor = this.inputElement.parents(errorAnchorSelector);
+      const errorAnchor = customErrorAnchor.length ? customErrorAnchor : this.inputElement;
+
       // hidden when injected into DOM
-      this.inputElement.after(this.fieldErrorElement);
+      errorAnchor.after(this.fieldErrorElement);
       this.inputElement.off('invalid').on('invalid', this.handleInvalidSubmit.bind(this));
       this.scopedSiblings = this.safelySelectSiblings();
     }
 
     safelySelectSiblings() {
       // Apply `ignoreSelector` in markup to siblings whose visibility should not be toggled with input validity
-      const ignoreSelector = '.validation-ignore';
-      const unignoredSiblings = this.inputElement.siblings(`p:not(${ignoreSelector})`);
+      const unignoredSiblings = this.inputElement.siblings(`p:not(${ignoreInputSelector})`);
       const parentContainer = this.inputElement.parent('.form-group');
 
       // Only select siblings when they're scoped within a form-group with one input
@@ -125,7 +165,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  const customValidationFlag = 'no-gl-field-errors';
+  const customValidationFlag = 'gl-field-error-ignore';
 
   class GlFieldErrors {
     constructor(form) {

app/assets/javascripts/username_validator.js.es6

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
       this.inputElement.on('keyup.username_check', () => {
         const username = this.inputElement.val();
-
         this.state.valid = this.inputDomElement.validity.valid;
         this.state.empty = !username.length;
 

app/assets/stylesheets/framework/forms.scss

@@ -136,3 +136,35 @@ label {
   color: $red-normal;
 }
 
+.show-gl-field-errors {
+  .gl-field-success-outline {
+    border: 1px solid $green-normal;
+
+    &:focus {
+      box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px $green-normal inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) inset, 0 0 4px 0 $green-normal;
+      border: 0 none;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .gl-field-error-outline {
+    border: 1px solid $red-normal;
+
+    &:focus {
+      box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px $red-normal inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) inset, 0 0 4px 0 rgba(210, 40, 82, 0.6);
+      border: 0 none;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .gl-field-success-message {
+    color: $green-normal;
+  }
+
+  .gl-field-error-message {
+    color: $red-normal;
+  }
+
+  .gl-field-hint {
+    color: $gl-text-color;
+  }
+}
+

app/assets/stylesheets/pages/login.scss

@@ -75,43 +75,17 @@
     .login-body {
       font-size: 13px;
 
-
       input + p {
         margin-top: 5px;
       }
 
-      .gl-field-success-outline {
-        border: 1px solid $green-normal;
-
-        &:focus {
-          box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px $green-normal inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) inset, 0 0 4px 0 $green-normal;
-          border: 0 none;
-        }
-      }
-
-      .gl-field-error-outline {
-        border: 1px solid $red-normal;
-
-        &:focus {
-          box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px $red-normal inset, 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) inset, 0 0 4px 0 rgba(210, 40, 82, 0.6);
-          border: 0 none;
-        }
-      }
-
-      .username .validation-success,
-      .gl-field-success-message {
+      .username .validation-success {
         color: $green-normal;
       }
 
-      .username .validation-error,
-      .gl-field-error-message {
+      .username .validation-error {
         color: $red-normal;
       }
-
-      .gl-field-hint {
-        color: $gl-text-color;
-      }
-
     }
   }
 

app/views/devise/shared/_signup_box.html.haml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         = f.text_field :name, class: "form-control top", required: true, title: "This field is required."
       %div.username.form-group
         = f.label :username
-        = f.text_field :username, class: "form-control middle no-gl-field-error", pattern: "[a-zA-Z0-9]+", required: true, title: 'Please create a username with only alphanumeric characters.'
+        = f.text_field :username, class: "form-control middle", pattern: "[a-zA-Z0-9]+", required: true, title: 'Please create a username with only alphanumeric characters.'
         %p.validation-error.hide Username is already taken.
         %p.validation-success.hide Username is available.
         %p.validation-pending.hide Checking username availability...

spec/javascripts/fixtures/gl_field_errors.html.haml

@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
   .form-group
     %input.hidden{ type:'hidden' }
   .form-group
-    %input.custom.no-gl-field-errors{ type:'text' } Custom, do not validate
+    %input.custom.gl-field-error-ignore{ type:'text' } Custom, do not validate
   .form-group
   %input.submit{type: 'submit'} Submit

spec/javascripts/gl_field_errors_spec.js.es6

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     });
 
     it('should ignore elements with custom error handling', function() {
-      const customErrorFlag = 'no-gl-field-errors';
+      const customErrorFlag = 'gl-field-error-ignore';
       const customErrorElem = $(`.${customErrorFlag}`);
 
       expect(customErrorElem.length).toBe(1);