Title: Validation Error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Validation Error

 *  [futurecar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futurecar/)
 * (@futurecar)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-19/)
 * It seems that the ability for this to occur properly has changed in the latest
   version. As others have mentioned, this type of validation does not disappear
   when someone goes to type in the required field. Instead of having a div that
   covers the input with the validation message, could we simply have the input 
   field have a red highlight effect if there is an error(focus)? When that div 
   pops up, it affects the position of my fields throwing them all over the place.
 * In the previous versions, clicking the field made the error go away. Now all 
   of a sudden it doesn’t work. Where its positioned also seems to only cater to
   forms that are vertical all the way. What if you have some fields that are side
   by side with a text area under it?
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