HTMLTextAreaElement: checkValidity() method

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The checkValidity() method of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface returns a boolean value which indicates if the element meets any constraint validation rules applied to it. If false, the method also fires an invalid event on the element. Because there's no default browser behavior for checkValidity(), canceling this invalid event has no effect.

Note: An HTML <textarea> element with a non-null validationMessage is considered invalid, will match the CSS :invalid pseudo-class, and will cause checkValidity() to return false. Use the HTMLTextAreaElement.setCustomValidity() method to set the HTMLTextAreaElement.validationMessage to the empty string to set the validity state to be valid.

Syntax

checkValidity()

Parameters

None.

Return value

Returns true if the element's value has no validity problems; otherwise, returns false.

Examples

In the following example, calling checkValidity() returns either true or false.

js
const element = document.getElementById("myTextArea");
console.log(element.checkValidity());

Specifications

Specification

HTML
# dom-cva-checkvalidity-dev

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