validation in departments

lib/Screens/department/departmentDetails.dart

@@ -35,17 +35,13 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
   final ApiService apiService = ApiService();
   Map<String, dynamic>? apiData;
 
-  final Map<String, TextEditingController> controllers = {
-    "name": TextEditingController(),
-    "description": TextEditingController(),
-  };
-
   final Map<String, FocusNode> focusNodes = {
     "name": FocusNode(),
     "description": FocusNode(),
   };
 
-  final Map<String, String> errorMessages = {};
+  final Map<String, TextEditingController> controllers = {};
+  Map<String, String> errorMessages = {};
 
   String? selectedName;
   String? selectedDescription;
@@ -91,6 +87,14 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
     });
   }
 
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    for (var controller in controllers.values) {
+      controller.dispose();
+    }
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
   void updateDepartmentDetails() {
     print("Inside Update Function - ${widget.departmentData}");
 
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
     final requiredFields = ["name", "description"];
     bool hasFocused = false;
 
+    // Check validation for each field
     for (String field in requiredFields) {
       if (data[field] == null || data[field]!.trim().isEmpty) {
         errorMessages[field] = "Required";
@@ -139,21 +144,17 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
   }
 
   Future<void> handleSubmit() async {
-    print("inside submit");
     userId = await getUserId();
 
-    final isValid = validateData();
+    setState(() {
-    setState(() {}); // <-- triggers UI update to show errors
+      // This triggers UI rebuild with error messages
-
+      if (validateData()) {
-    if (isValid) {
-      // Proceed to submit data
         postDepartmentData();
-      print("Submitting data: ${controllers["name"]?.text}");
       }
+    });
 
     final departmentData1 = departmentDetails();
     print("submit data  - $departmentData1");
-
   }
 
   Future<void> postDepartmentData({int isActive = 1}) async {
@@ -260,28 +261,32 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
                     color: Color(0xFF575A74)),
               ),
               SizedBox(height: 5),
-
               CustomTextFieldForexWrapper(
                 isFocused: false,
                 isDesktop: widget.isDesktop,
                 color: Colors.transparent,
                 child: SizedBox(
-                    height: 45,
+                    height: 40,
                     child: TextField(
                       controller: controllers["name"],
                       focusNode: focusNodes["name"],
                       style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
-                      decoration: InputDecoration(
+                      decoration: const InputDecoration(
-                        labelText: "Department Name",
+                        labelText: "Name",
-                        errorText: errorMessages["name"],
                         labelStyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 11, color: Colors.grey),
                         floatingLabelBehavior: FloatingLabelBehavior.never,
                         border: InputBorder.none,
                         contentPadding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 16),
                       ),
-                      // validator: (val) => val == null || val.isEmpty ? 'Enter name' : null,
                     )),
               ),
+              if (errorMessages["name"] != null) ...[
+                SizedBox(height: 5), // Space before error message
+                Text(
+                  errorMessages["name"]!,
+                  style: TextStyle(color: Colors.red, fontSize: 12),
+                ),
+              ],
             ],
           ),
           SizedBox(
@@ -295,8 +300,7 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
                 style: GoogleFonts.poppins(
                     fontSize: 12,
                     fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
-                  color: Color(0xFF575A74),
+                    color: Color(0xFF575A74)),
-                ),
               ),
               SizedBox(height: 5),
               CustomTextFieldForexWrapper(
@@ -304,17 +308,15 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
                 isDesktop: widget.isDesktop,
                 color: Colors.transparent,
                 child: SizedBox(
-                  // Increase height for textarea
                   height: 100,
                   child: TextField(
                     controller: controllers["description"],
                     focusNode: focusNodes["description"],
                     style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12),
-                    maxLines: null, // Allow infinite lines (textarea behavior)
+                    maxLines: null,
-                    expands: true,  // Expands to fill the parent height
+                    expands: true,
-                    decoration: InputDecoration(
+                    decoration: const InputDecoration(
                       labelText: "Description",
-                      errorText: errorMessages["description"],
                       labelStyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 11, color: Colors.grey),
                       floatingLabelBehavior: FloatingLabelBehavior.never,
                       border: InputBorder.none,
@@ -323,6 +325,13 @@ class DepartmentDataState extends State<DepartmentData> {
                   ),
                 ),
               ),
+              if (errorMessages["description"] != null) ...[
+                SizedBox(height: 5), // Space before error message
+                Text(
+                  errorMessages["description"]!,
+                  style: TextStyle(color: Colors.red, fontSize: 12),
+                ),
+              ],
             ],
           ),
           SizedBox(