Merge pull request #4128 from Northeastern-Electric-Racing/#4039-NatashaJoshi-credits

#3995 blank design review title

Author: wavehassman

src/backend/src/utils/validation.utils.ts

@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ export const decimalMinZero = (validationObject: ValidationChain): ValidationCha
     .withMessage('Value must be greater than or equal to zero');
 };
 
-//Const to return if an input is a string and is not empty
 export const nonEmptyString = (validationObject: ValidationChain): ValidationChain => {
-  return validationObject.isString().not().isEmpty();
+  return validationObject.isString().not().isEmpty({ ignore_whitespace: true });
 };
 
 export const isRole = (validationObject: ValidationChain): ValidationChain => {

src/frontend/src/pages/CalendarPage/Components/EventModal.tsx

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export interface EventPayload {
 }
 
 const schema = yup.object().shape({
-  title: yup.string().required('Title is required'),
+  title: yup.string().required('Title is required').trim().min(1, 'Title cannot be only whitespace'),
   eventTypeId: yup.string().required('Event Type is required'),
   requiredMemberIds: yup.array().of(yup.string().required()).default([]),
   optionalMemberIds: yup.array().of(yup.string().required()).default([]),