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ElementInternals: validationMessage property

Baseline 2023
Newly available

Since ⁨March 2023⁩, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The validationMessage read-only property of the ElementInternals interface returns the validation message for the element.

Value

A string containing the validation message of this element.

Examples

In the following example the validation message is set with ElementInternals.setValidity(), and then returned with validationMessage.

this.internals_.setValidity({ valueMissing: true }, "my message");
console.log(this.internals_.validationMessage); // "my message"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
validationMessage 77 79 98 64 16.4 77 98 55 16.4 12.0 77 16.4

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ElementInternals/validationMessage