When attempting to submit, you'll see the `:invalid` and `:valid` styles applied to your form controls.
{% example html %}
-<form id="needs-validation" novalidate>
+<form class="needs-validation" novalidate>
<div class="form-row">
<div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
<label for="validationCustom01">First name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationCustom01" placeholder="First name" value="Mark" required>
+ <div class="valid-feedback">
+ Looks good!
+ </div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
<label for="validationCustom02">Last name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationCustom02" placeholder="Last name" value="Otto" required>
+ <div class="valid-feedback">
+ Looks good!
+ </div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
<label for="validationCustomUsername">Username</label>
// Example starter JavaScript for disabling form submissions if there are invalid fields
(function() {
'use strict';
-
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
- var form = document.getElementById('needs-validation');
- form.addEventListener('submit', function(event) {
- if (form.checkValidity() === false) {
- event.preventDefault();
- event.stopPropagation();
- }
- form.classList.add('was-validated');
- }, false);
+ // Fetch all the forms we want to apply custom Bootstrap validation styles to
+ var forms = document.getElementsByClassName('needs-validation');
+ // Loop over them and prevent submission
+ var validation = Array.prototype.filter.call(forms, function(form) {
+ form.addEventListener('submit', function(event) {
+ if (form.checkValidity() === false) {
+ event.preventDefault();
+ event.stopPropagation();
+ }
+ form.classList.add('was-validated');
+ }, false);
+ });
}, false);
})();
</script>
<div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
<label for="validationServer01">First name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control is-valid" id="validationServer01" placeholder="First name" value="Mark" required>
+ <div class="valid-feedback">
+ Looks good!
+ </div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
<label for="validationServer02">Last name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control is-valid" id="validationServer02" placeholder="Last name" value="Otto" required>
+ <div class="valid-feedback">
+ Looks good!
+ </div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
<label for="validationServerUsername">Username</label>
</form>
{% endexample %}
+### Tooltips
+
+If your form layout allows it, you can swap the `.{valid|invalid}-feedback` classes for `.{valid|invalid}-tooltip` classes to display validation feedback in a styled tooltip. Be sure to have a parent with `position: relative` on it for tooltip positioning. In the example below, our column classes have this already, but your project may require an alternative setup.
+
+{% example html %}
+<form class="needs-validation" novalidate>
+ <div class="form-row">
+ <div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
+ <label for="validationTooltip01">First name</label>
+ <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationTooltip01" placeholder="First name" value="Mark" required>
+ <div class="valid-tooltip">
+ Looks good!
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
+ <label for="validationTooltip02">Last name</label>
+ <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationTooltip02" placeholder="Last name" value="Otto" required>
+ <div class="valid-tooltip">
+ Looks good!
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
+ <label for="validationTooltipUsername">Username</label>
+ <div class="input-group">
+ <div class="input-group-prepend">
+ <span class="input-group-text" id="validationTooltipUsernamePrepend">@</span>
+ </div>
+ <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationTooltipUsername" placeholder="Username" aria-describedby="validationTooltipUsernamePrepend" required>
+ <div class="invalid-tooltip">
+ Please choose a unique and valid username.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="form-row">
+ <div class="col-md-6 mb-3">
+ <label for="validationTooltip03">City</label>
+ <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationTooltip03" placeholder="City" required>
+ <div class="invalid-tooltip">
+ Please provide a valid city.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="col-md-3 mb-3">
+ <label for="validationTooltip04">State</label>
+ <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationTooltip04" placeholder="State" required>
+ <div class="invalid-tooltip">
+ Please provide a valid state.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="col-md-3 mb-3">
+ <label for="validationTooltip05">Zip</label>
+ <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationTooltip05" placeholder="Zip" required>
+ <div class="invalid-tooltip">
+ Please provide a valid zip.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Submit form</button>
+</form>
+{% endexample %}
+
## Custom forms
For even more customization and cross browser consistency, use our completely custom form elements to replace the browser defaults. They're built on top of semantic and accessible markup, so they're solid replacements for any default form control.