The :invalid
CSS pseudo-class represents any <form>
, <fieldset>
, <input>
or other <form>
element whose contents fail to validate.
The :invalid
CSS pseudo-class represents any <form>
, <fieldset>
, <input>
or other <form>
element whose contents fail to validate.
This pseudo-class is useful for highlighting field errors for the user.
:invalid { /* ... */ }
<form> <div class="field"> <label for="url_input">Enter a URL:</label> <input type="url" id="url_input" /> </div> <div class="field"> <label for="email_input">Enter an email address:</label> <input type="email" id="email_input" required /> </div> </form>
label { display: block; margin: 1px; padding: 1px; } .field { margin: 1px; padding: 1px; } input:invalid { background-color: #ffdddd; } form:invalid { border: 5px solid #ffdddd; } input:valid { background-color: #ddffdd; } form:valid { border: 5px solid #ddffdd; } input:required { border-color: #800000; border-width: 3px; } input:required:invalid { border-color: #c00000; }
In this example we use :invalid
along with ~
, the general sibling combinator, to make a form appear in stages, so the form initially shows the first item to complete, and when the user completes each item the form displays the next one. When the whole form is complete the user can submit it.
<form> <fieldset> <label for="form-name">Name</label><br /> <input type="text" name="name" id="form-name" required /> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="form-email">Email Address</label><br /> <input type="email" name="email" id="form-email" required /> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="form-message">Message</label><br /> <textarea name="message" id="form-message" required></textarea> </fieldset> <button type="submit" name="send">Submit</button> </form>
/* Hide the fieldset after an invalid fieldset */ fieldset:invalid ~ fieldset { display: none; } /* Dim and disable the button while the form is invalid */ form:invalid button { opacity: 0.3; pointer-events: none; } input, textarea { box-sizing: border-box; width: 100%; font-family: monospace; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; } button { width: 100%; border: thin solid darkgrey; font-size: 1.25em; background-color: darkgrey; color: white; }
The color red is commonly used to indicate invalid input. People who have certain types of color blindness will be unable to determine the input's state unless it is accompanied by an additional indicator that does not rely on color to convey meaning. Typically, descriptive text and/or an icon are used.
If any one of the radio buttons in a group is required
, the :invalid
pseudo-class is applied to all of them if none of the buttons in the group is selected. (Grouped radio buttons share the same value for their name
attribute.)
By default, Gecko does not apply a style to the :invalid
pseudo-class. However, it does apply a style (a red "glow" using the box-shadow
property) to the :user-invalid
pseudo-class, which applies in a subset of cases for :invalid
.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
:invalid |
10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 5 | 1.0 |
form |
40 | 79 | 13 | No | 27 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 4.0 |
:required
, :optional
, :valid
:user-invalid
, :-moz-submit-invalid
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:invalid