Is Email address "validation" (**not** verification) possible on an Email form field?

  • mjlondon
    Asked on November 24, 2018 at 7:37 PM

    I want an "Email" field on my form to show the user an error message (and not to proceed with the form submission) if the text entered appears *NOT* to be a valid email address.

    For example: xx@xx.xx is accepted as valid because it **might** be a valid address;

    but xx@xx.x is not because '.x' cannot be a valid TLD;

    and xx@xx is not because there is no '.' after the '@'

    How can I most easily add this functionality to any Email form field?

  • Kevin Support Team Lead
    Replied on November 24, 2018 at 10:20 PM

    If you're using card forms then you may do this through the email field settings: 

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    Now, if you're using classic forms, then you will need to set up conditions to show/hide the submit button and/or a text message stating the email address is not valid, this guide will help you with the conditions: https://www.jotform.com/help/316-How-to-Show-or-Hide-Fields-Base-on-User-s-Answer 

    To know more about the card and classic forms, you may check this guide: https://www.jotform.com/help/494-Cards-or-Classic-Which-One-Should-I-Use 

    Thanks. 

  • mjLondon
    Replied on November 24, 2018 at 10:31 PM

    OK. I get it. Card Forms have email validation built-in, Classic Forms I have to construct the validation myself.

    So, next question, with Card Forms am I limited to short, single-line answers?

    Or can I have longer, textarea-like answers?

  • Elton Support Team Lead
    Replied on November 25, 2018 at 12:56 AM

    Yes, you can have fields like Textbox (Short Text Entry) and Textarea (Long Text Entry) on Card Forms too. Card form is basically a 1 field per page but there's also a special tool which you can add multiple fields. It's called Multi-line Question.

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