there is an expectation that you have valid non-null, non-empty
attribute values:

<input ... required="required" ...>

--- In validation@yahoogroups.com, "ottster35" <ottster35@...> wrote:
>
> For some reason I can't get the field to be the same. I've
> setup .required style to the way I wanted to appear, but if you did
> not enter the right zipcode and submit the form it refreshes back to
> the big grey field. Does anyone have a solution?
>
> Here is my style type:
>
> .required {font-family:verdana;font-size:6.5pt; border: 1px solid
> #064b86; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-
> size: 10px; background: #FFFFFF !important}
>
> Here is my input field:
>
> <td><INPUT name="mailingzip" type="text" class="textfield"
> id="mailingzip" size="30" required regexp="^\d{5}(\-?\d{4})?$"
> filter="[0-9-]" msg="Please enter a valid ZIP Code"></td>
>