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This template explains how to show and hide form validation errors in an accessible way when user tries to submit a form with required fields that are empty.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="duet-bg-gradient duet-sticky-footer" lang="fi">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0" />
  <title>LähiTapiola</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.duetds.com/api/fonts/2.0.37/lib/localtapiola.css" integrity="sha384-5JYmtSD7nykpUvSmTW1CHMoBDkBZUpUmG0vuh+NUVtZag3F75Kr7+/JU3J7JV6Wq" crossorigin="anonymous" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.duetds.com/api/css/2.0.37/lib/duet.min.css" integrity="sha384-HCyysBnZ5EIw1st8I3EG6DCaottRChl7hYlTqmsS8XzdgQsclbv9Edi5gsco2Wy3" crossorigin="anonymous" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.duetds.com/api/tokens/3.0.37/lib/tokens.custom-properties.css" integrity="sha384-rxTcztOdY2IJ7Qut98AqRJJY5tXpDexWKN6csXh9raZkxudeSn7Ls9VHTrAC5qrs" crossorigin="anonymous" />
  <script type="module" src="https://cdn.duetds.com/api/components/6.8.0/lib/duet/duet.esm.js" integrity="sha384-Zfq/6W2+BlpcxzPPW3KBmFnMt/kp6c8a3Qv4kxzVne2kiawM8xJn43bLH5p1cNjQ" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script nomodule src="https://cdn.duetds.com/api/components/6.8.0/lib/duet/duet.js" integrity="sha384-tMnjay+Jjza4zk7VgrrMR1XNXGYmTi6fNcNP5kVgFumh5Hweu2AxlKJxeqLIdEO3" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</head>
<body>
<duet-header language="fi"></duet-header>
<duet-layout center>
  <div slot="main">
    <duet-card padding="large">
      <duet-spacer breakpoint="x-small" size="medium"></duet-spacer>
      <form id="form" action="#" novalidate>
        <duet-heading level="h1" visual-level="h2">Ota yhteyttä</duet-heading>
        <duet-paragraph>
          Lähetä meille viesti kun haluat antaa palautetta tai pyytää yhteydenottoa.
          Jos olet jo asiakkaamme, asiasi hoituu parhaiten, kun kirjaudut verkkopalveluun.
        </duet-paragraph>
        <duet-spacer size="medium"></duet-spacer>
        <duet-input label="Nimi" name="name" placeholder="Matti Meikäläinen" expand required>
        </duet-input>
        <duet-input label="Sähköposti" name="email" type="email" placeholder="nimi@email.com" required expand>
        </duet-input>
        <duet-select label="Kaupunki" name="city" placeholder="Valitse" expand></duet-select>
        <duet-textarea
          label="Viesti asiakaspalveluun"
          placeholder="Kirjoita tähän"
          tooltip="Hello, I’m a tooltip! To close me, you can click outside of
            the tooltip, hit ESC key or click the X button."
          expand>
        </duet-textarea>
        <duet-radio-group label="Yhteydenoton syy" direction="horizontal" name="group1">
          <duet-radio label="Palaute" value="one"></duet-radio>
          <duet-radio label="Yhteydenottopyyntö" value="two"></duet-radio>
        </duet-radio-group>
        <duet-spacer size="x-large"></duet-spacer>
        <duet-button submit variation="primary">Lähetä viesti</duet-button>
        <duet-button>Keskeytä</duet-button>
      </form>
    </duet-card>
  </div>
</duet-layout>
<duet-footer logo-href="#" language="fi"></duet-footer>
<script>
  // Show back link in the header component
  var header = document.querySelector("duet-header")
  header.back = {
    label: "Takaisin",
    href: "/"
  }

  // Show data in the footer component
  var footer = document.querySelector("duet-footer")
  footer.items = [
    { label: 'Hae korvausta', href: '#', icon: 'navigation-make-claim' },
    { label: 'Osta vakuutus', href: '#', icon: 'action-buy-insurance' },
    { label: 'Yhteystiedot', href: '#', icon: 'form-tel' }
  ]
  footer.menu = [
    { label: 'Turvallisuus ja käyttöehdot', href: '#' },
    { label: 'Evästeet', href: '#' },
    { label: 'Henkilötietojen käsittely', href: '#' },
  ]

  // Feed items into our select menu
  var select = document.querySelector("duet-select")
  select.items = [
    { label: "Helsinki", value: "1" },
    { label: "Tampere", value: "2" },
    { label: "Vantaa", value: "3" },
    { label: "Espoo", value: "4" }
  ]

  // Prevent normal submission of the form
  var form = document.querySelector("#form")
  form.addEventListener("submit", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault()
  }, false)

  // When the submit button is clicked do fake validation for demo purposes
  var submit = document.querySelector("duet-button")
  submit.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
    e.preventDefault()
    e.stopPropagation()

    // Show error in the first input, announce it to the screen reader,
    // and finally set focus on this first input so that user can fix the error.
    var errorMsg = "Virhe: Tämä kenttä on pakollinen"
    var input = document.querySelector("duet-input")
    input.error = errorMsg
    input.setFocus()

    // Show additional errors in different type of components for demo
    var email = document.querySelectorAll("duet-input")[1]
    email.error = errorMsg
    var select = document.querySelector("duet-select")
    select.error = errorMsg
    var textarea = document.querySelector("duet-textarea")
    textarea.error = errorMsg
    var radioGroup = document.querySelector("duet-radio-group")
    radioGroup.error = errorMsg

    // Finally, for demo purposes, let’s add change listeners for the
    // form fields that remove the error when something is inputted
    input.addEventListener("duetChange", function() {
      input.error = ""
    }, false)
    email.addEventListener("duetChange", function() {
      email.error = ""
    }, false)
    select.addEventListener("duetChange", function() {
      select.error = ""
    }, false)
    textarea.addEventListener("duetChange", function() {
      textarea.error = ""
    }, false)
    radioGroup.addEventListener("duetChange", function() {
      radioGroup.error = ""
    }, false)

  }, false)
</script>
</body>
</html>

Integration

To install this template’s dependencies into your project, run:

npm install @duetds/components
npm install @duetds/css
npm install @duetds/fonts

For further guidelines, please see each package’s documentation.


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