From 8b0b916ea5c2a84c59cd9698356d8a2181d93788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mohitb35 <44917347+mohitb35@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:24:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: updates contact form val. (first/last name)

- disallows entries beginning with special characters
---
 public/static/locales/en/editProfile.json  | 4 ++--
 src/features/user/CompleteSignup/index.tsx | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/static/locales/en/editProfile.json b/public/static/locales/en/editProfile.json
index 83daae44b8..aabc9742e2 100644
--- a/public/static/locales/en/editProfile.json
+++ b/public/static/locales/en/editProfile.json
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
   "validationErrors": {
     "maxChars": "Should be {{max}} characters or less",
     "firstNameRequired": "First Name field is required",
-    "firstNameInvalid": "First name is invalid. Only these special characters are allowed: space ' . -",
+    "firstNameInvalid": "First name is invalid. It cannot start with a special character, and only these special characters are allowed: space ' . -",
     "lastNameRequired": "Last Name field is required",
-    "lastNameInvalid": "Last name is invalid. Only these special characters are allowed: space ' -",
+    "lastNameInvalid": "Last name is invalid. It cannot start with a special character, and only these special characters are allowed: space ' -",
     "emailRequired": "Email is required",
     "nameRequired": "Please enter a name",
     "nameInvalid": "Name is invalid. Only these special characters are allowed: space . , ' & ( ) ! -",
diff --git a/src/features/user/CompleteSignup/index.tsx b/src/features/user/CompleteSignup/index.tsx
index 28ed337303..4d1d6bcbbe 100644
--- a/src/features/user/CompleteSignup/index.tsx
+++ b/src/features/user/CompleteSignup/index.tsx
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export default function CompleteSignup(): ReactElement | null {
                     message: t('validationErrors.maxChars', { max: 50 }),
                   },
                   pattern: {
-                    value: /^[\p{L}\p{N}\sß.'-]+$/u,
+                    value: /^[\p{L}\p{N}ß][\p{L}\p{N}\sß.'-]*$/u,
                     message: t('validationErrors.firstNameInvalid'),
                   },
                 }}
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export default function CompleteSignup(): ReactElement | null {
                     message: t('validationErrors.maxChars', { max: 50 }),
                   },
                   pattern: {
-                    value: /^[\p{L}\p{N}\sß'-]+$/u,
+                    value: /^[\p{L}\p{N}ß][\p{L}\p{N}\sß'-]*$/u,
                     message: t('validationErrors.lastNameInvalid'),
                   },
                 }}