Angular 2 Reactive Forms trigger validation on submit
This can be achieved with the sample presented here, where you can make use of NgForm directive: <form [formGroup]=”heroForm” #formDir=”ngForm”> and then in your validation messages just check if the form is submitted: <small *ngIf=”heroForm.hasError(‘required’, ‘formCtrlName’) && formDir.submitted”> Required! </small> EDIT: Now is also { updateOn: ‘submit’} is provided, but that works only if you … Read more