formNoValidate attribute | formNoValidate property

Overrides any validation or required attributes on a form or form elements to allow it to be submitted without validation. This can be used to create a "save draft"–type submit option.

This property is read/write.

HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.10.19.6

Syntax

HTML
<element formNoValidate="ptr" ... >

JavaScript
object.formNoValidate = ptr ptr = object.formNoValidate

Property values

Type: DOMString

When present, this attribute lets a form be submitted without being validated.

Standards information

HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.10.19.6

Remarks

This attribute can be set on button and input elements. It is a Boolean attribute, and needs to be specified only on an element.

The following example shows a field with two buttons, check and save and just save.

Note For more code samples, see Form controls part 1 and Form controls part 2: validation on the Windows Internet Explorer sample site.

Examples

HTML


<form>
<p><label>*Name: <input type="text" required /></label></p>
<p><label>*Street: <input type="text" required /></label></p>
<p><label>*Zip: <input type="text" pattern= "[0-9](5|10)" placeholder="5 or 9 digit zip" title="5 or 9 digit zip" required /></label></p>
<input type="submit" name=submit value="submit" />
<input type="submit" formnovalidate name="save" value="just save" />
<p>* Required field</p>
</form>