HTMLFormElement: reportValidity() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since December 2018.

The HTMLFormElement.reportValidity() method returns true if the element's child controls satisfy their validation constraints. When false is returned, cancelable invalid events are fired for each invalid child and validation problems are reported to the user.

Syntax

js
reportValidity()

Return value

true or false

Example

js
document.forms["myform"].addEventListener(
  "submit",
  () => {
    document.forms["myform"].reportValidity();
  },
  false,
);

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-cva-reportvalidity-dev

Browser compatibility

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