How do I customize the error messages?

Hi there,

This is because of the HTML 5 attributes and is called browser validation. The messages are in the language of the browser your visitor is using. If you want, you can change them using JavaScript but it is a bit hacky.

Although I recommend against changing these messages, you can do so using a JavaScript function called setCustomValidity(). A quick Google search should help you out, but here are some links to get you started.

https://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10361460/how-can-i-change-or-remove-html5-form-validation-default-error-messages
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5272433/html5-form-required-attribute-set-custom-validation-message

Hope that helps.

Good luck!

Thank you Danny, I ll give it a try.
The reason I need to do this is because I want the message to appear in the native language (Greek) and not in English. Am I thinking correctly?

Thanks again!

Hi lightgear,

If your visitors visit your website from a Greek browser, the messages will appear in Greek already. ?? The messages use the language setting of the browser.

Good luck though!