How can I manually set an Angular form field as invalid?

Question

I am working on a login form and if the user enters invalid credentials we want to mark both the email and password fields as invalid and display a message that says the log

Answer 1

Here is an example that works:

MatchPassword(AC: FormControl) {
  let dataForm = AC.parent;
  if(!dataForm) return null;

  var newPasswordRepeat = dataForm.get('newPasswordRepeat');
  let password = dataForm.get('newPassword').value;
  let confirmPassword = newPasswordRepeat.value;

  if(password != confirmPassword) {
    /* for newPasswordRepeat from current field "newPassword" */
    dataForm.controls["newPasswordRepeat"].setErrors( {MatchPassword: true} );
    if( newPasswordRepeat == AC ) {
      /* for current field "newPasswordRepeat" */
      return {newPasswordRepeat: {MatchPassword: true} };
    }
  } else {
    dataForm.controls["newPasswordRepeat"].setErrors( null );
  }
  return null;
}

createForm() {
  this.dataForm = this.fb.group({
    password: [ "", Validators.required ],
    newPassword: [ "", [ Validators.required, Validators.minLength(6), this.MatchPassword] ],
    newPasswordRepeat: [ "", [Validators.required, this.MatchPassword] ]
  });
}