Order of error_messages_for

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Is there a mean to specify the messages order that are displayed by a error_messages_for?

I see that we can specify the objects order. But what about the messages related to a same object.

Let say I have an Order.

In my form I have the following order: Name Address Email Payment type

and in my model I have:   validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email, :pay_type   validates_format_of :email, :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+ [a-z]{2,})\Z/i

However I get the following order for the error messages:     * Name can't be blank     * Pay type can't be blank     * Address can't be blank     * Email is invalid     * Email can't be blank

Obviously I would like the same order as in the form.

Is it possible with error_messages_for ?

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You could use:

<%= error_message_on :order, :name %> <%= error_message_on :order, :address %> <%= error_message_on :order, :email %> ...

Hope this helps.