How to validate white spaces/empty spaces? [Angular 2]

Question

I would like to avoid white spaces/empty spaces in my angular 2 form? Is it possible? How can this be done?

Answer 1

You can create a custom validator to handle this.

new FormControl(field.fieldValue || '', [Validators.required, this.noWhitespaceValidator])

Add noWhitespaceValidator method to your component

public noWhitespaceValidator(control: FormControl) {
    const isWhitespace = (control.value || '').trim().length === 0;
    const isValid = !isWhitespace;
    return isValid ? null : { 'whitespace': true };
}

and in the HTML

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