Doing it with style
Using the latest html form attributes and CSS styles it is possible to produce a form withinput validation and completion to rival that produced by javascript/jQuery.
The above form, which works in all the latest browsers and operating systems, has a validation in all the fields and a real time indication of correctly entered content. It also lets you know when all the fields are correctly entered by changing the background color of the 'submit' button and the text above it changes from 'form waiting completion' to 'form complete'.
It also has a graphic representation of a checkbox for the 'Subscribe to mail list?' question. You can toggle this by clicking on the text and by clicking on the YES/NO 'graphic'.
This form is not submitted so you can play around with entries to see what happens.
If you click the submit button before all the fields are correctly entered then you will get a prompt to indicate which fields are not filled or incorrectly entered.
Firefox has probably the best interpretation of the code and styles.
A standard form with 'required', 'placeholder', 'pattern' and 'title' attributes.
<article class="parent">
<form class="prompts">
<input class="prompt" id="name" name="name" type="text" required="required" placeholder="disabled">
<input class="prompt" id="email" name="email" type="email" pattern="[a-z0-9._%+-]+@[a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}$" required="required" placeholder="disabled">
<input class="prompt" id="url" name="url" type="url" required="required" title="http(s)://your.website" pattern="https?://.+" placeholder="disabled">
<div class="check"><input type="checkbox" id="maillist" name="maillist"><label for="maillist">Subscribe to mail list?<br><span class="yes">Yes please!</span><span class="no">No thank you</span></label></div>
<textarea class="prompt" id="comment" name="comment" required="required" placeholder="disabled" spellcheck="true"></textarea>
<p></p>
<input class="submit" id="submit" type="submit" value=" POST COMMENT ">
</form>
</article>
Note the browser differences in 'placeholder' styling and the Firefox specific :-moz-ui-invalid style which checks the form AFTER clicking the SUBMIT button.
form.prompts {padding:0; width:100%; min-width:300px; margin:25px auto;}
form.prompts input.prompt {width:calc(100% - 22px); height:50px; font:normal 16px/40px arial, sans-serif; color:#333; padding:5px 10px; margin:5px 0; border:1px solid #ddd; border-radius:8px;}
form.prompts textarea.prompt {display:block; width:calc(100% - 22px); height:200px; padding:15px 10px; margin:5px 0; font:normal 16px/25px arial, sans-serif; color:#666; overflow:auto; border:1px solid #ddd; border-radius:8px;}
form.prompts div.check {position:relative; width:100%; height:55px; margin:5px 0;}
form.prompts div.check label {display:block; margin-left:120px; margin-top:-15px; font:normal 16px/20px arial, sans-serif; color:#888; cursor:pointer;}
form.prompts div.check label span.yes {color:#080;}
form.prompts div.check label span.no {color:#f00; display:none;}
form.prompts div.check label:before {content:"YES\00a0\00a0\00a0\00a0\00a0\00a0\00a0\00a0NO"; display:block; width:100px; height:40px; border-radius:5px; border:5px solid #999; font:bold 12px/40px arial, sans-serif; color:#fff; text-align:center; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; box-shadow: inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
background:linear-gradient(to right, #080 50%, #f00 50%);
}
form.prompts div.check label:after {content:""; display:block; width:51px; height:40px; background:rgba(0,0,0,0.8); position:absolute; left:54px; top:5px; box-shadow:0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
-webkit-transition:0.5s;
transition:0.5s;
}
form.prompts div.check #maillist:checked ~ label:after {left:5px;}
form.prompts div.check #maillist:checked ~ label span.yes {display:none;}
form.prompts div.check #maillist:checked ~ label span.no {display:inline;}
form.prompts #submit {width:50%; height:60px; margin:0; background:#c00; color:#fff; border:0; border-radius:5px; cursor:pointer; font:normal 16px/25px arial, sans-serif;
-webkit-transition:0.5s;
transition:0.5s;
}
form.prompts *::-webkit-input-placeholder {color:#45a !important; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
form.prompts *:-moz-placeholder {color:#45a !important; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
form.prompts *::-moz-placeholder {color:#45a !important; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
form.prompts *:-ms-input-placeholder {color:#45a !important; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
form.prompts *:input-placeholder {color:#45a !important; text-overflow: ellipsis;}
datalist select option {width:50%; height:50px; border:1px solid #ddd;}
form.prompts *:focus {outline:0;}
form.prompts *:invalid {box-shadow:none; border:0; outline:0;}
form.prompts *:required:invalid,
form.prompts *:focus:invalid {background:#fff url(invalid.png) no-repeat right 5px top 5px;}
form.prompts *:required:valid {background: #fff url(valid.png) no-repeat right 5px top 5px; color:#080 !important;}
form.prompts *:-moz-ui-invalid {box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.4); background: #fff url(fail.png) no-repeat right 5px top 5px !important;}
form.prompts #name:valid ~ #email:valid ~ #url:valid ~ #comment:valid ~ #submit {background:#080;}
form.prompts p:before {content:"All fields are required - form waiting completion"; font:normal 16px/25px arial, sans-serif; color:#c00;}
form.prompts #name:valid ~ #email:valid ~ #url:valid ~ #comment:valid ~ p:before {content:"All fields are required - form complete"; color:#080;}
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