Title: Validation format is floating
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Validation format is floating

 *  [mtissington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtissington/)
 * (@mtissington)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/)
 * I’m using a default form and the validation boxes appear over my input fields.
   I was under the impression that ‘static’ was the default.
 * How do I set static for the validation messages?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102315)
 * Try switching theme to another one.
 *  Thread Starter [mtissington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtissington/)
 * (@mtissington)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102316)
 * OK, that worked .. but clearly not a solution.
 * What do I need to fix?
 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102324)
 * Your theme has wrong styles applied to the validation error messages. Ask the
   theme author to fix it.
 *  Thread Starter [mtissington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtissington/)
 * (@mtissington)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102327)
 * I hardly see what it has to do with the theme.
 * Surly I need to change the css for contact form 7?
 * WHat would I need to change?
 *  [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * (@renehermi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102334)
 * Link to your url? I will check which css must be modified.
 *  [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angio/)
 * (@angio)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102394)
 * If switching themes worked, it means that your current themes style sheet is 
   overriding CF7 styles and causing the form fields to display incorrectly. It’s
   not a solution to switch themes but a method to debug if it’s the theme or contact
   form. It’s your theme causing the problem, post a link to your site if you want
   help with the CSS though this isn’t really the forum for that. You should post
   to your themes support forum or stackoverflow. This is purely CSS related.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-format-is-floating/#post-5102394)
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