Validation in HTML5. :invalid classe after submit

Question

I\'m building a form and I want to use the :invalid selector to give the \"required\" input fields a red border if the user presses submit without filling them, but

Answer 1

Old question, but for people that might might find it useful: I made a little script that adds a class to a form when it's attempted to be submitted, so that you can style forms that have and haven't been attempted to be submitted differently:

window.addEventListener('load', function() {

    /**
     * Adds a class `_submit-attempted` to a form when it's attempted to be
     * submitted.
     *
     * This allows us to style invalid form fields differently for forms that
     * have and haven't been attemted to submit.
     */
    function addFormSubmitAttemptedTriggers() {

        var formEls = document.querySelectorAll('form');

        for (var i = 0; i < formEls.length; i++) {

            function addSubmitAttemptedTrigger(formEl) {

                var submitButtonEl = formEl.querySelector('input[type=submit]');

                if (submitButtonEl) {
                    submitButtonEl.addEventListener('click', function() {
                        formEl.classList.add('_submit-attempted');
                    });
                }

            }

            addSubmitAttemptedTrigger(formEls[i]);

        }

    }

    addFormSubmitAttemptedTriggers();

});

Now forms that are attempted to be submitted will get a class _submit-attempted, so you can only give these fields a red box shadow:

input {
    box-shadow: none;
}

form._submit-attempted input {
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #F00;
}