Html.ValidationSummary(false, “message”) is always showing, even on page load

Question

I am using client side validation and I would like the message below to show only when I have an error. I am trying to use this a general error in case any field is invalid.

Answer 1

Initially I was checking for a List property on page load so I thought of passing a new model. Then the validation summary just appeared. When I changed my code from

return View(new myModel)

to

return View()

the validation summary did not appear on Get. I also added a null check on the model when checking the property so I can use the latter code.