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HTMLInputElement: validity property

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The validity read-only property of the HTMLInputElement interface returns a ValidityState object that represents the validity states this element is in.

Value

A ValidityState object.

Examples

The following example gets the validity state of an input element and processes it if it is not valid:

const input = document.getElementById("myInput");
const validityState = input.validity;
if (!validityState.valid) {
  // Test each validity state
}

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also