# :user-valid / :user-invalid

Status: Baseline 2023 (Chrome 119, Safari 16.5, Firefox 88); `:user-invalid` widely available since May 2026.  
Source: https://web.dev/blog/baseline-digest-may-2026  
Page: https://designforai.dev/css/user-valid-user-invalid

Like `:valid`/`:invalid` but only after the user has interacted with the field, so a required field is not red on page load. Gives proper inline validation with zero JS.

## HTML

```html
<form class="fx-016">
  <label>Email <input type="email" required placeholder="you@example.com"></label>
  <small class="fx-016-err">Enter a valid email address.</small>
</form>
```

## CSS

```css
.fx-016 {
  font-family: system-ui;
  display: grid;
  gap: 4px;
  max-width: 320px
}
.fx-016 input {
  padding: 8px;
  border: 1px solid #bbb;
  border-radius: 6px
}
.fx-016 input:user-valid {
  border-color: #16a34a
}
.fx-016 input:user-invalid {
  border-color: #dc2626
}
.fx-016-err {
  display: none;
  color: #dc2626
}
.fx-016:has(input:user-invalid) .fx-016-err {
  display: block
}
.fx-016 :is(a,button,input,select,textarea):focus-visible { outline: 2px solid currentColor; outline-offset: 2px; }
```

Fallback: None needed; if unsupported the field simply is not colored.

## Prompt

Style form validation with `:user-invalid` and `:user-valid` rather than `:invalid`, so errors appear only after the user has typed or blurred. Show error text with `.field:has(input:user-invalid) .error { display:block }`. Keep the native `required`, `type` and `pattern` attributes as the validation source instead of JS.