Need to validate a radio button input, i.e. when submit button is pressed and no radio buttons have been selected, it alerts the user saying 'please select a check box', and if a radio button has been selected then simply submit the form, needs no alert.
Can only use HTML CSS and JavaScript for this, I know it's 1000 times easier in jquery but sadly I can't use that.
And I know my HTML isn't valid, but unless it directly affects my current problem then I'll handle it later.
<form name="form1" action="#" onsubmit="return validateForm()" method="post">
First time visitor?:<br/>
<label for="s1">Yes</label>
<input type="radio" id="1" name="yesno" value="1"/>
<br/>
<label for="s2">No</label>
<input type="radio" id="1" name="yesno" value="2"/>
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
</form>
Any pointers are greatly appreciated, thanks.
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document.forms[ 'forms1' ].onsubmit = function() {
return [].some.call( this.elements, function( el ) {
return el.type === 'radio' ? el.checked : false
} )
}
Just something out of my head. Not sure the code is working.
You could do something like this
var option=document.getElementsByName('Gender');
if (!(option[0].checked || option[1].checked)) {
alert("Please Select Your Gender");
return false;
}
In addition to the Javascript solutions above, you can also use an HTML 5 solution by marking the radio buttons as required in the markup. This will eliminate the need for any Javascript and let the browser do the work for you.
See HTML5: How to use the "required" attribute with a "radio" input field for more information on how to do this well.
Full validation example with javascript:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Radio button: full validation example with javascript</title>
<script>
function send() {
var genders = document.getElementsByName("gender");
if (genders[0].checked == true) {
alert("Your gender is male");
} else if (genders[1].checked == true) {
alert("Your gender is female");
} else {
// no checked
var msg = '<span style="color:red;">You must select your gender!</span><br /><br />';
document.getElementById('msg').innerHTML = msg;
return false;
}
return true;
}
function reset_msg() {
document.getElementById('msg').innerHTML = '';
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="POST">
<label>Gender:</label>
<br />
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="m" onclick="reset_msg();" />Male
<br />
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="f" onclick="reset_msg();" />Female
<br />
<div id="msg"></div>
<input type="submit" value="send>>" onclick="return send();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Regards,
Fernando
1st: If you know that your code isn't right, you should fix it before do anything!
You could do something like this:
function validateForm() {
var radios = document.getElementsByName("yesno");
var formValid = false;
var i = 0;
while (!formValid && i < radios.length) {
if (radios[i].checked) formValid = true;
i++;
}
if (!formValid) alert("Must check some option!");
return formValid;
}?
See it in action: http://jsfiddle.net/FhgQS/
<form action="" method="post" name="register_form" id="register_form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div class="text-input">
<label>Gender: </label>
<input class="form-control" type="radio" name="gender" id="male" value="male" />
<label for="male">Male</label>
<input class="form-control" type="radio" name="gender" id="female" value="female" />
<label for="female">Female</label>
</div>
<div class="text-input" align="center">
<input type="submit" name="register" value="Submit" onclick="return radioValidation();" />
</div>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function radioValidation(){
var gender = document.getElementsByName('gender');
var genValue = false;
for(var i=0; i<gender.length;i++){
if(gender[i].checked == true){
genValue = true;
}
}
if(!genValue){
alert("Please Choose the gender");
return false;
}
}
</script>
Source: http://chandreshrana.blogspot.in/2016/11/radio-button-validation-in-javascript.html
Source: Stackoverflow.com