HTMLObjectElement: validity property - Web APIs | MDN

Value

A ValidityState object.

Examples

The following example demonstrates that an <object> is in an invalid state when a customError is set; in this state, checkValidity() returns true while the validityState's validity property is false.

js

const objectElem = document.getElementById("myObjectElm");
objectElem.setCustomValidity("This object element is invalid.");
const validityState = objectElem.validity;
console.log(validityState.valid); // false
console.log(validityState.customError); // true
console.log(objectElem.checkValidity()); // true

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-cva-validity

Browser compatibility

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