HtmlHelper.ValidationSummary Method

Returns an HTML div element that contains an unordered list of all validation error messages from the model-state dictionary.

Namespace:  System.Web.WebPages.Html
Assembly:  System.Web.WebPages (in System.Web.WebPages.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function ValidationSummary As IHtmlString
'Usage
Dim instance As HtmlHelper 
Dim returnValue As IHtmlString 

returnValue = instance.ValidationSummary()
public IHtmlString ValidationSummary()
public:
IHtmlString^ ValidationSummary()
member ValidationSummary : unit -> IHtmlString
public function ValidationSummary() : IHtmlString

Return Value

Type: System.Web.IHtmlString
The HTML markup that represents the validation error messages.

Remarks

This method is used in conjunction with the System.Web.Helpers.Validation class.

The returned markup consists of an HTML div element in the following form:

<div>
  <ul>
    <li>summary message</li>
    <li>summary message</li>
    ...
  <ul>
</div>

Each summary message contains a validation error message that is associated with a model-level and field-level error in the model-state dictionary.

See Also

Reference

HtmlHelper Class

ValidationSummary Overload

System.Web.WebPages.Html Namespace