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a validation error message without using alert up vote 5 down vote favorite 4 I am looking to make a simple form validation error message that displays under the username field. I cannot seem to figure it out.

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Here is my validation script: function validation(){ javascript message box if(document.myform.username.value == ""){ //checking if the form is empty document.getElementById('errors').innerHTML="*Please enter a username*"; //displaying a message if the form is empty } javascript validation share|improve this question edited Jun 17 '13 at 12:26 Keren Caelen 7661828 asked Dec 3 '12 at 18:58 jhs546 28113 1 What's going wrong? This looks like it should display the message... –Xymostech Dec 3 '12 at 19:02 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 10 down vote accepted You need to stop the submission if an error occured: HTML
JS if (document.myform.username.value == "") { document.getElementById('errors').innerHTML="*Please enter a username*"; return false; } share|improve this answer answered Dec 3 '12 at 19:02 Zoltan Toth 34.5k77195 wow thanks for the speedy answer. I kinda feel like a fool now –jhs546 Dec 3 '12 at 19:08 blackouts happen :) glad it worked –Zoltan Toth Dec 3 '12 at 19:09 saved my ass ha –MrJoshFisher Apr 12 at 8:35 add a comment| up vote 2 down vote JavaScript
 

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