2 - No validation feedback when using the config via the blizzard options

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. create a optiontable with a validate function set
2. add the optiontable to the blizzard addon options via LibStub("AceConfigDialog-3.0"):AddToBlizOptions()
3. fail the validation and you will get no feedback

What is the expected output?
some sort of error message

What version of the product are you using?
trunk

User	When	Change
Nevcairiel	May 26, 2010 at 11:23 UTC	Changed component from None to AceConfig-3.0 Changed assigned to from None to Nevcairiel
Adirelle	Mar 26, 2009 at 08:04 UTC	Changed status from Waiting to Replied
Nevcairiel	Feb 15, 2009 at 13:42 UTC	Changed component from None to AceConfig-3.0
Nevcairiel	Feb 14, 2009 at 09:50 UTC	Changed status from New to Waiting
Nevcairiel	Jan 04, 2009 at 09:59 UTC	Changed component from None to AceConfig-3.0
yssaril	Oct 04, 2008 at 06:51 UTC	Create

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6 comments

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- #6
oscarucb Apr 04, 2016 at 15:58 UTC - 0 likes
Ugh - why is there still no built-in solution for this?

This bug makes the pattern/usage fields of the input widget completely useless, and the validate field of all controls awkward (forcing each author to roll his own error report mechanism).

Author/Maintainer of SavedInstances, RaidBuffStatus, Archaeology Helper, Avengers Nemesis Groups, IdiotCheck, and others..
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mikk Sep 09, 2010 at 10:01 UTC - 0 likes
Error dialog makes sense to me, even in own-frame mode. The status bar is a bit "invisible" yaknow.
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Farmbuyer Sep 08, 2010 at 06:06 UTC - 0 likes
Um, in the meantime, how about DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage()?

Right now, you're discarding information that the addon author is trying to present to the user, and that's a cardinal sin for a third-party library. Get something in place to at least pass along the errors, then get fancy later.
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watchout Jul 20, 2009 at 22:54 UTC - 0 likes
On the top line to the right of the addon's name is usually some unused free space. With some red/orange/yellow background this message would definitely be seen and the scrollpane does not include this space either, so it would always be seen
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Adirelle Mar 26, 2009 at 08:04 UTC - 0 likes
Why not displaying an error dialog ?
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Nevcairiel Jan 04, 2009 at 13:09 UTC - 0 likes
Yeah .. hmm .. validation feedback is usually placed in the statusbar, which the blizzard frame doesn't have.
Guess we'll have to think of some way to display it alternatively. Ideas are welcome.