jqBootstrap ignores required field custom error message

jqBootstrap is a JQuery validation framework for bootstrap forms. While using it to validate required fields, on the form submission I got a tooltip with a “required field” message but not the custom I had put on the markup.

In short, “required” is part of the HTML5 standard and it does what it’s supposed to, validates the input on a given field.

Said that and given that the “sniffHtml” setting didn’t do the trick, I got things done with two control events that customize the HTML5 behaviour:

<input id=“myHtmlControl” name=“myHtmlControl” type=“text” required oninvalid=“this.setCustomValidity(‘You really should write on this field.’)” onchange=“this.setCustomValidity(”)“>

Hope this saves someone time :)