Form Validation Error Standardization

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📌 Overview

Create a unified system for displaying validation errors across all forms.

🧠 Background

Form error handling is inconsistent and repeated across pages.

📐 Specifications

• Reusable <FormError /> component
• Support client & backend validation errors
• Scroll to first error automatically

🛠 Tasks

• Build reusable error component
• Integrate into:
  • auth forms
  • post creation
  • profile edit
• Map backend validation format

📂 Impacted Files

• components/forms/FormError.tsx
• All form components

🏷 Labels

frontend forms UX

🤝 Contribution Guidelines

• Ensure accessibility (aria-live)
• Mobile responsive

✅ Acceptance Criteria

• All forms use the same error component
• Backend validation errors display correctly

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Hi maintainer,
can i take on this

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