{
  "id": "api/forms/MinLengthValidator",
  "title": "MinLengthValidator",
  "contents": "\n\n<article>\n  <div class=\"breadcrumb-container\">\n    <div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n      <script type=\"application/ld+json\">\n        {\n          \"@context\": \"http://schema.org\",\n          \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n          \"itemListElement\": [\n            { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 1, \"item\": { \"@id\": \"https://angular.io//api\", \"name\": \"API\" } },\n            { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 2, \"item\": { \"@id\": \"https://angular.io/api/forms\", \"name\": \"@angular/forms\" } },\n            { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 3, \"item\": { \"@id\": \"https://angular.io/api/forms/MinLengthValidator\", \"name\": \"MinLengthValidator\" } }\n          ]\n        }\n      </script>\n        <a href=\"/api\">API</a> > <a href=\"api/forms\">@angular/forms</a>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"github-links\">\n  <a href=\"https://github.com/angular/angular/edit/master/packages/forms/src/directives/validators.ts?message=docs(forms)%3A%20describe%20your%20change...#L518-L585\" aria-label=\"Suggest Edits\" title=\"Suggest Edits\"><i class=\"material-icons\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\">mode_edit</i></a>\n  <a href=\"https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/12.0.0-next.7/packages/forms/src/directives/validators.ts#L518-L585\" aria-label=\"View Source\" title=\"View Source\"><i class=\"material-icons\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\">code</i></a>\n</div>\n  </div>\n  \n  <header class=\"api-header\">\n    <h1 id=\"minlengthvalidator\">MinLengthValidator<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#minlengthvalidator\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h1>\n    \n    <label class=\"api-type-label directive\">directive</label>\n    \n    \n    \n  </header>\n  \n  <aio-toc class=\"embedded\"></aio-toc>\n\n  <div class=\"api-body\">\n    \n  <section class=\"short-description\">\n    <p>A directive that adds minimum length validation to controls marked with the\n<code><a href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator\" class=\"code-anchor\">minlength</a></code> attribute. The directive is provided with the <code><a href=\"api/forms/NG_VALIDATORS\" class=\"code-anchor\">NG_VALIDATORS</a></code> multi-provider list.</p>\n\n    \n  </section>\n  \n  \n  \n  \n<section class=\"see-also\">\n  <h2 id=\"see-also\">See also<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#see-also\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h2>\n  <ul>\n  \n    <li><p><a href=\"guide/form-validation\">Form Validation</a></p>\n</li>\n  </ul>\n</section>\n\n\n  <h2 id=\"ngmodules\">NgModules<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#ngmodules\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h2>\n<ul class=\"ngmodule-list\">\n\n  <li>\n    <a href=\"api/forms/ReactiveFormsModule\">\n      <code-example language=\"ts\" hidecopy=\"true\" class=\"no-box\">ReactiveFormsModule</code-example>\n    </a>\n  </li>\n  \n  <li>\n    <a href=\"api/forms/FormsModule\">\n      <code-example language=\"ts\" hidecopy=\"true\" class=\"no-box\">FormsModule</code-example>\n    </a>\n  </li>\n  \n</ul>\n\n\n  \n<section class=\"selector-list\">\n  <h2 id=\"selectors\">Selectors<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#selectors\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h2>\n  \n  <ul>\n    <li><code>[<a href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator\" class=\"code-anchor\">minlength</a>][<a href=\"api/forms/FormControlName\" class=\"code-anchor\">formControlName</a>]</code></li>\n    \n    <li><code>[<a href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator\" class=\"code-anchor\">minlength</a>][formControl]</code></li>\n    \n    <li><code>[<a href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator\" class=\"code-anchor\">minlength</a>][<a href=\"api/forms/NgModel\" class=\"code-anchor\">ngModel</a>]</code></li>\n    \n  </ul>\n  \n</section>\n\n\n\n  \n\n<section class=\"instance-properties\">\n  <h2 id=\"properties\">Properties<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#properties\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h2>\n  <table class=\"is-full-width list-table property-table\">\n    <thead>\n      <tr>\n        <th>Property</th>\n        <th>Description</th>\n      </tr>\n    </thead>\n    <tbody>\n    \n      <tr class=\"instance-property\">\n        <td>\n          <a id=\"minlength\"></a>\n          <code class=\"\"><span class=\"property-binding\">@<a href=\"api/core/Input\" class=\"code-anchor\">Input</a>()</span><br><span class=\"member-name\"><a href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator\" class=\"code-anchor\">minlength</a></span>: string | <a href=\"api/common/DecimalPipe\" class=\"code-anchor\">number</a></code>\n        </td>\n        <td>\n          \n          <p>Tracks changes to the minimum length bound to this directive.</p>\n\n          \n          </td>\n    </tr>\n    \n    </tbody>\n  </table>\n</section>\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  \n  <section class=\"description\">\n    <h2 id=\"description\">Description<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#description\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h2>\n    \n    <h3 id=\"adding-a-minimum-length-validator\">Adding a minimum length validator<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator#adding-a-minimum-length-validator\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h3>\n<p>The following example shows how to add a minimum length validator to an input attached to an\nngModel binding.</p>\n<code-example language=\"html\">\n&#x3C;input name=\"firstName\" <a href=\"api/forms/NgModel\" class=\"code-anchor\">ngModel</a> <a href=\"api/forms/MinLengthValidator\" class=\"code-anchor\">minlength</a>=\"4\">\n</code-example>\n\n  </section>\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  </div>\n</article>\n\n<!-- links to this doc:\n - api/core/OnChanges\n - api/forms\n - api/forms/FormsModule\n - api/forms/NgModelGroup\n - api/forms/ReactiveFormsModule\n - api/forms/Validator\n - api/forms/Validators\n - guide/form-validation\n - guide/reactive-forms\n-->\n<!-- links from this doc:\n - /api\n - api/common/DecimalPipe\n - api/core/Input\n - api/forms\n - api/forms/FormControlName\n - api/forms/FormsModule\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#adding-a-minimum-length-validator\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#description\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#minlengthvalidator\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#ngmodules\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#properties\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#see-also\n - api/forms/MinLengthValidator#selectors\n - api/forms/NG_VALIDATORS\n - api/forms/NgModel\n - api/forms/ReactiveFormsModule\n - guide/form-validation\n - https://github.com/angular/angular/edit/master/packages/forms/src/directives/validators.ts?message=docs(forms)%3A%20describe%20your%20change...#L518-L585\n - https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/12.0.0-next.7/packages/forms/src/directives/validators.ts#L518-L585\n-->"
}