ElementInternals: validationMessage property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2023.

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.

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-elementinternals-validationmessage

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
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 77 (Release date: 2019-09-10)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 98 (Release date: 2022-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 64 (Release date: 2019-10-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 77 (Release date: 2019-09-10)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 98 (Release date: 2022-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 55 (Release date: 2019-12-03)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 12 (Release date: 2020-06-19)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 77 (Release date: 2019-09-10)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support