How do I highlight the Html.ValidationMessage's on a AJAX Post?

Question

I have a form which I post back via jQuery AJAX. In my controller it checks for errors in the ModelState and returns these errors in a ContentResult and the user sees the errors in an updated DIV.

How can I get the little * next to the fields when there are errors?

Thanks

Answer 1

It's just a class name. input-validation-error. You can use jquery to parse the result for error properties and add the class to the appropriate elements.

Answer 2

I have returned the modelstate as a JSON object. The on the OnSuccess event I loop through the errors and find a span with the modelstate key name and set it to visible.