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 April 2018.

The reportValidity() method of the HTMLFormElement interface performs the same validity checking steps as the checkValidity() method. In addition, for each invalid event that was fired and not canceled, the browser displays the problem to the user.

Syntax

js
reportValidity()

Parameters

None.

Return value

Returns true if the associated controls' values have no validity problems; otherwise, returns false.

Example

js
document.forms["my-form"].addEventListener("submit", () => {
  document.forms["my-form"].reportValidity();
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-cva-reportvalidity-dev

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
reportValidity
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 40 (Release date: 2015-01-21)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 49 (Release date: 2016-09-20)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 27 (Release date: 2015-01-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 40 (Release date: 2015-01-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 49 (Release date: 2016-09-20)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 27 (Release date: 2015-01-29)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 4 (Release date: 2016-03-11)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 40 (Release date: 2015-01-21)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also