Fixes #20398: Rely on browser-native form field validation (#20401)

Author: jeremystretch

netbox/project-static/dist/netbox.js

@@ -1,53 +1,23 @@
-import { getElements, scrollTo } from '../util';
+import { getElements } from '../util';
 
-function handleFormSubmit(event: Event, form: HTMLFormElement): void {
+function handleFormSubmit(): void {
   // Automatically select all options in any <select> with the "select-all" class. This is useful for
   // multi-select fields that are used to add/remove choices.
   for (const element of getElements<HTMLOptionElement>('select.select-all option')) {
     element.selected = true;
   }
-
-  // Track the names of each invalid field.
-  const invalids = new Set<string>();
-
-  for (const element of form.querySelectorAll<FormControls>('*[name]')) {
-    if (!element.validity.valid) {
-      invalids.add(element.name);
-      // If the field is invalid, but doesn't contain the .is-invalid class, add it.
-      if (!element.classList.contains('is-invalid')) {
-        element.classList.add('is-invalid');
-      }
-    } else {
-      // If the field is valid, but contains the .is-invalid class, remove it.
-      if (element.classList.contains('is-invalid')) {
-        element.classList.remove('is-invalid');
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (invalids.size !== 0) {
-    // If there are invalid fields, pick the first field and scroll to it.
-    const firstInvalid = form.elements.namedItem(Array.from(invalids)[0]) as Element;
-    scrollTo(firstInvalid);
-
-    // If the form has invalid fields, don't submit it.
-    event.preventDefault();
-  }
 }
 
 /**
- * Attach an event listener to each form's submitter (button[type=submit]). When called, the
- * callback checks the validity of each form field and adds the appropriate Bootstrap CSS class
- * based on the field's validity.
+ * Attach event listeners to each form's submit/reset buttons.
  */
 export function initFormElements(): void {
   for (const form of getElements('form')) {
-    // Find each of the form's submitters. Most object edit forms have a "Create" and
-    // a "Create & Add", so we need to add a listener to both.
+    // Find each of the form's submit buttons.
     const submitters = form.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button[type=submit]');
     for (const submitter of submitters) {
       // Add the event listener to each submitter.
-      submitter.addEventListener('click', (event: Event) => handleFormSubmit(event, form));
+      submitter.addEventListener('click', () => handleFormSubmit());
     }
 
     // Initialize any reset buttons so that when clicked, the page is reloaded without query parameters.

netbox/project-static/dist/netbox.js.map

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ <h2 class="col-9 offset-3">{% trans "Cable" %}</h2>
     <div class="col-md-4">
       {{ form.length_unit }}
     </div>
-    <div class="invalid-feedback"></div>
   </div>
   {% render_field form.tags %}
 </div>

netbox/project-static/src/forms/elements.ts

@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
       <div class="form-text text-danger">
         {% for error in field.errors %}{{ error }}{% if not forloop.last %}<br />{% endif %}{% endfor %}
       </div>
-    {% elif field.field.required %}
-      <div class="invalid-feedback">
-        {% trans "This field is required" %}.
-      </div>
     {% endif %}
 
     {# Help text #}