src/modules/events/components/CreateEventDialog.vue

@@ -428,13 +428,34 @@ watch(
   },
 );
 
-const { resetForm, meta } = form;
+const { resetForm } = form;
-const isFormValid = computed(
+
-  () =>
+/** Field name -> what the organiser calls it, for the invalid-submit toast. */
-    meta.value.valid &&
+const FIELD_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
-    !hasPromoErrors(promoErrors.value) &&
+  name: "Title",
-    !hasWaveErrors.value,
+  info: "Description",
-);
+  event_start_date: "Start date",
+  event_start_time: "Start time",
+  event_end_date: "End date",
+  event_end_time: "End time",
+  location: "Location",
+  currency: "Price currency",
+  payment_methods: "Payment methods",
+  fiat_currency: "Fiat currency",
+  amount_tickets: "Tickets",
+  price_per_ticket: "Price",
+  notification_subject: "Subject",
+  notification_body: "Body",
+};
+
+/**
+ * Open whichever collapsible section holds a problem, so the reason is on
+ * screen rather than hidden behind a closed panel.
+ */
+function revealSectionFor(field: string) {
+  if (field === "promo_codes") promoOpen.value = true;
+  if (field === "ticket_waves") wavesOpen.value = true;
+}
 const isLoading = ref(false);
 
 const today = computed(() => format(new Date(), "yyyy-MM-dd"));
@@ -448,8 +469,22 @@ function toggleCategory(cat: string) {
   }
 }
 
-const onSubmit = form.handleSubmit(async (formValues) => {
+const onSubmit = form.handleSubmit(
-  if (!isFormValid.value) return;
+  async (formValues) => {
+    // Promo codes and ticket waves are not part of the Zod schema, so
+    // vee-validate cannot block on them. Check here and OPEN the section
+    // that holds the problem — both editors live inside collapsibles, and
+    // an error rendered inside a closed one is invisible.
+    if (hasWaveErrors.value) {
+      revealSectionFor("ticket_waves");
+      toastService.error("Check the ticket waves below");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (hasPromoErrors(promoErrors.value)) {
+      revealSectionFor("promo_codes");
+      toastService.error("Check the promo codes below");
+      return;
+    }
 
     if (!paymentService) {
       toastService.error("Payment service not available");
@@ -468,7 +503,10 @@ const onSubmit = form.handleSubmit(async (formValues) => {
       const eventData: CreateEventRequest = {
         name: formValues.name,
         event_start_date: withLocalTzOffset(
-        foldDateTime(formValues.event_start_date, formValues.event_start_time),
+          foldDateTime(
+            formValues.event_start_date,
+            formValues.event_start_time,
+          ),
         ),
       };
       if (!isEditMode.value) {
@@ -486,7 +524,9 @@ const onSubmit = form.handleSubmit(async (formValues) => {
       }
       if (formValues.location) eventData.location = formValues.location;
       if (bannerImages.value.length > 0) {
-      eventData.banner = imageService.getImageUrl(bannerImages.value[0].alias);
+        eventData.banner = imageService.getImageUrl(
+          bannerImages.value[0].alias,
+        );
       } else if (isEditMode.value) {
         // User cleared the banner during edit — propagate the null so the
         // backend wipes the field instead of keeping the old image.
@@ -601,7 +641,28 @@ const onSubmit = form.handleSubmit(async (formValues) => {
     } finally {
       isLoading.value = false;
     }
-});
+  },
+  // vee-validate blocks the submit when the schema fails. Say WHY: a field
+  // whose FormMessage sits inside a closed section — or is not rendered at
+  // all — otherwise leaves a dead button and no explanation, which is the
+  // dead end disabling the button used to create.
+  ({ errors }) => {
+    const fields = Object.keys(errors);
+    fields.forEach(revealSectionFor);
+    const named = fields.map((f) => FIELD_LABELS[f] ?? f);
+    toastService.error(
+      named.length
+        ? `Check ${named.join(", ")}`
+        : "Some details still need attention",
+    );
+    const first = fields[0];
+    if (first) {
+      document
+        .querySelector(`[name="${first}"], #${CSS.escape(first)}`)
+        ?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "center" });
+    }
+  },
+);
 
 const handleOpenChange = (open: boolean) => {
   if (!open && !isLoading.value) {
@@ -1176,10 +1237,17 @@ const handleOpenChange = (open: boolean) => {
             >
               Cancel
             </Button>
+            <!-- Disabled only while a submit is genuinely in flight, NOT on
+                 validity. vee-validate's `meta.valid` is false before the form
+                 has ever validated, counts disabled and conditionally rendered
+                 fields against you, and is documented to go stale
+                 (logaretm/vee-validate#4630). Gating on it produced a dead
+                 button with no visible reason; let the click through and the
+                 invalid handler says what is wrong. -->
             <Button
               type="submit"
               class="w-full sm:w-auto"
-              :disabled="isLoading || !isFormValid"
+              :disabled="isLoading"
             >
               <Loader2 v-if="isLoading" class="w-4 h-4 mr-2 animate-spin" />
               {{