AngularJS Validation - ng-messages-multiple not displaying multiple errors - angularjs

Question

All,
I am working on an AngularJS form and am trying to see how the ng-messages directive works with ng-messages-multiple. I can't seem to get it to pick up multiple errors. I expect to see both the required and minimum errors at the same time but for some reason I only see required, then minimum. I posted the HTML below. I have the ng-messages included using bower, the script call in my index.html page, and I am injecting into my app.js module as required.
I am using AngularJS v1.3.2 in this project.
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-heading">
<h1>Validation Test Form</h1>
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<form class="form" name="form" role="form" ng-submit="submit(form)">
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group" show-errors>
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input
class="form-control"
type="text"
name="name"
ng-model="formModel.name"
minlength="5"
required/>
<div ng-messages="form.name.$error" ng-messages-multiple class="has-error">
<div ng-message="required">Required!</div>
<div ng-message="minlength">Minimum length is 5</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group">
<button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">Save</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<div class="panel-footer">
{{formError}}
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

Try to use ng-minlength instead minlength
<input
class="form-control"
type="text"
name="name"
ng-model="formModel.name"
ng-minlength="5"
required/>
instead
<input
class="form-control"
type="text"
name="name"
ng-model="formModel.name"
minlength="5"
required/>
EDIT
It is normal behaviour for ng-minlength directive, this directive validate only when we have not 0 size of input, entered a value it must be at least 5 characters long, but it's ok to leave the field empty, and, unfortunately, in anyway you don't achieve, that you want. I offer you to create your custom directive or see in direction ng-pattern directive with need behaviour, if you very want that showing two message.