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TimeTracker/app/static/form-validation.css
Dries Peeters b4b8bafb9a feat: Add comprehensive form validation system with real-time feedback
Implement a reusable form validation system that provides immediate,
contextual feedback to users with inline error messages and visual indicators.

Features:
- Real-time validation on input, blur, and submit events
- Inline error and success messages displayed near form fields
- Visual indicators for required vs optional fields (asterisks)
- Subtle validation styling with softer colors and smaller icons
- Phone number validation for tel/phone fields (7-15 digits, optional country code)
- Email, URL, number, date, and pattern validation support
- Debounced validation to reduce performance impact
- Form-level error messages on submit
- Automatic focus management for invalid fields

Technical improvements:
- Prevent duplicate initialization with form and field flags
- Smart message container insertion that respects existing form structure
- Better detection of existing required indicators to prevent duplicates
- Hidden messages take zero space (height: 0) to prevent layout shifts
- Graceful error handling with try-catch blocks

Styling:
- Subtle visual feedback with green-300/red-300 borders (softer than before)
- Smaller validation icons (0.875rem) and reduced padding (2rem)
- Reduced opacity for messages (0.75-0.85) for less intrusive appearance
- Lighter focus shadows (0.08 opacity) for subtle feedback
- Dark mode support with appropriate color adjustments

Applied to all forms:
- Projects (create/edit)
- Clients (create/edit)
- Tasks (create/edit)
- Invoices (create/edit)
- Payments (create/edit)
- Expenses, Mileage, Per Diem forms
- Time Entry (manual entry)
- Weekly Goals

Fixes:
- Prevent duplicate message containers and layout breaks
- Better insertion logic that respects existing help text
- Improved container detection to avoid duplicates
- Fixed required indicator duplication issues
- Enhanced form submission handler management

The validation system automatically initializes on forms with
data-validate-form attribute or novalidate attribute, providing
consistent validation UX across the application.
2025-11-05 08:02:30 +01:00

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CSS

/**
* Form Validation Styles
* Provides visual indicators for required/optional fields and validation states
*/
/* Required field indicator - more subtle */
.required-indicator {
color: #EF4444; /* red-500 */
font-weight: 500; /* lighter weight */
margin-left: 0.25rem;
font-size: 0.875em; /* slightly smaller */
opacity: 0.8;
}
.dark .required-indicator {
color: #F87171; /* red-400 */
opacity: 0.9;
}
/* Optional field indicator */
.optional-indicator {
color: #6B7280; /* gray-500 */
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 400;
margin-left: 0.25rem;
font-style: italic;
}
.dark .optional-indicator {
color: #9CA3AF; /* gray-400 */
}
/* Field states */
.field-required {
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
}
.field-optional {
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
}
/* Valid state - more subtle */
.is-valid,
input.is-valid,
select.is-valid,
textarea.is-valid {
border-color: #6EE7B7; /* green-300 - softer */
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 8 8'%3e%3cpath fill='%236EE7B7' d='m2.3 6.73.94-.94 1.56 1.56 4.94-4.94.94.94-5.9 5.9z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right 0.5rem center;
background-size: 0.875rem 0.875rem;
padding-right: 2rem;
}
.is-valid:focus {
border-color: #6EE7B7;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(110, 231, 183, 0.08); /* very subtle green */
}
.dark .is-valid {
border-color: #10B981; /* green-500 - slightly more visible in dark mode */
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 8 8'%3e%3cpath fill='%2310B981' d='m2.3 6.73.94-.94 1.56 1.56 4.94-4.94.94.94-5.9 5.9z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
}
.dark .is-valid:focus {
border-color: #10B981;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.15);
}
/* Invalid state - more subtle */
.is-invalid,
input.is-invalid,
select.is-invalid,
textarea.is-invalid {
border-color: #FCA5A5; /* red-300 - softer */
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 12 12' width='12' height='12' fill='none'%3e%3ccircle cx='6' cy='6' r='4.5' stroke='%23FCA5A5' stroke-width='0.8'/%3e%3cpath stroke='%23FCA5A5' stroke-linecap='round' d='m5.8 3.6.4.4.4-.4m0 4.8-.4-.4-.4.4'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right 0.5rem center;
background-size: 0.875rem 0.875rem;
padding-right: 2rem;
}
.is-invalid:focus {
border-color: #FCA5A5;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(252, 165, 165, 0.08); /* very subtle red */
}
.dark .is-invalid {
border-color: #EF4444; /* red-500 - slightly more visible in dark mode */
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 12 12' width='12' height='12' fill='none'%3e%3ccircle cx='6' cy='6' r='4.5' stroke='%23EF4444' stroke-width='0.8'/%3e%3cpath stroke='%23EF4444' stroke-linecap='round' d='m5.8 3.6.4.4.4-.4m0 4.8-.4-.4-.4.4'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
}
.dark .is-invalid:focus {
border-color: #EF4444;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.15);
}
/* Error message container */
.field-message {
display: block;
margin-top: 0.25rem;
font-size: 0.875rem;
line-height: 1.25rem;
min-height: 0;
overflow: visible;
}
.field-message.hidden {
display: none !important;
visibility: hidden;
height: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
.field-error {
color: #DC2626; /* red-600 */
opacity: 0.85;
font-size: 0.8125rem; /* slightly smaller */
}
.field-error::before {
content: '⚠';
font-size: 0.875rem; /* smaller icon */
margin-right: 0.375rem;
opacity: 0.8;
}
.dark .field-error {
color: #F87171; /* red-400 */
opacity: 0.9;
}
/* Success message container - more subtle */
.field-success {
color: #059669; /* green-600 */
opacity: 0.75;
font-size: 0.8125rem; /* slightly smaller */
}
.field-success::before {
content: '✓';
font-size: 0.875rem; /* smaller icon */
margin-right: 0.375rem;
font-weight: 500;
opacity: 0.8;
}
.dark .field-success {
color: #34D399; /* green-400 */
opacity: 0.85;
}
/* Form-level error message */
.form-error-message {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.5rem;
padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
background-color: #FEF2F2; /* red-50 */
border: 1px solid #FECACA; /* red-200 */
border-radius: 0.5rem;
color: #991B1B; /* red-800 */
font-size: 0.875rem;
margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.form-error-message::before {
content: '⚠';
font-size: 1.25rem;
flex-shrink: 0;
}
.form-error-message.hidden {
display: none;
}
.dark .form-error-message {
background-color: rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.1);
border-color: rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.3);
color: #F87171; /* red-400 */
}
/* Form group styling */
.form-group {
margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.form-group.has-error .form-control,
.form-group.has-error .form-select {
border-color: #EF4444;
}
.form-group.has-success .form-control,
.form-group.has-success .form-select {
border-color: #10B981;
}
/* Label styling for required/optional fields */
label.field-required::after {
content: ' *';
color: #EF4444;
font-weight: 600;
}
label.field-optional::after {
content: ' (optional)';
color: #6B7280;
font-size: 0.875rem;
font-weight: 400;
font-style: italic;
}
.dark label.field-optional::after {
color: #9CA3AF;
}
/* Accessibility improvements */
.field-message[role="alert"] {
font-weight: 500;
}
/* Smooth transitions */
input,
select,
textarea {
transition: border-color 0.2s ease-in-out, box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out;
}
.is-valid,
.is-invalid {
transition: border-color 0.2s ease-in-out, box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out, background-image 0.2s ease-in-out;
}
/* Focus states */
input:focus,
select:focus,
textarea:focus {
outline: none;
}
/* Ensure icons don't overlap with text - only apply if not already padded */
input[type="text"].is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="email"].is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="tel"].is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="number"].is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="date"].is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="url"].is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]),
select.is-valid:not([class*="pr-"]) {
padding-right: 2rem;
}
input[type="text"].is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="email"].is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="tel"].is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="number"].is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="date"].is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]),
input[type="url"].is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]),
select.is-invalid:not([class*="pr-"]) {
padding-right: 2rem;
}
/* Textarea specific adjustments */
textarea.is-valid,
textarea.is-invalid {
background-position: top right;
background-size: 1.25rem 1.25rem;
padding-top: 0.75rem;
padding-right: 2.5rem;
}
/* Checkbox and radio button styling */
input[type="checkbox"].is-invalid,
input[type="radio"].is-invalid {
border-color: #EF4444;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.1);
}
input[type="checkbox"].is-valid,
input[type="radio"].is-valid {
border-color: #10B981;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.1);
}
.dark input[type="checkbox"].is-invalid,
.dark input[type="radio"].is-invalid {
border-color: #F87171;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.2);
}
.dark input[type="checkbox"].is-valid,
.dark input[type="radio"].is-valid {
border-color: #34D399;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(52, 211, 153, 0.2);
}