Is there a minlength validation attribute in HTML5?

Question

It seems the minlength attribute for an field doesn\'t work.

Is there any other attribute in HTML5 with the help of which I

Answer 1

New version:

It extends the use (textarea and input) and fixes bugs.

// Author: Carlos Machado
// Version: 0.2
// Year: 2015
window.onload = function() {
    function testFunction(evt) {
        var items = this.elements;
        for (var j = 0; j < items.length; j++) {
            if ((items[j].tagName == "INPUT" || items[j].tagName == "TEXTAREA") && items[j].hasAttribute("minlength")) {
                if (items[j].value.length < items[j].getAttribute("minlength") && items[j].value != "") {
                    items[j].setCustomValidity("The minimum number of characters is " + items[j].getAttribute("minlength") + ".");
                    items[j].focus();
                    evt.defaultPrevented;
                    return;
                }
                else {
                    items[j].setCustomValidity('');
                }
            }
        }
    }
    var isOpera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf(' OPR/') >= 0;
    var isChrome = !!window.chrome && !isOpera;
    if(!isChrome) {
        var forms = document.getElementsByTagName("form");
        for(var i = 0; i < forms.length; i++) {
            forms[i].addEventListener('submit', testFunction,true);
            forms[i].addEventListener('change', testFunction,true);
        }
    }
}