Programmatically close an HTML5 form validation error?

[XP1]

How to programmatically close an HTML5 form validation error message?

I originally posted this question on Stack Overflow but didn't find an official cross-browser way to close the error messages:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7353 ... or-message

@Garrett Vlieger discovered a hack that works in Opera 11.51 Build 1087 and Firefox 6.0.2:

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inputElement.blur();
inputElement.focus();

However, it doesn't work in Chrome 15.0.874.5 dev-m (or older).

When the user starts typing again, I want to close the form validation error message.

[zcorpan]

Do you never want to see the error message?

[XP1]

Do you never want to see the error message?

I want the error message, but after something happens, I want to be able to close it.

[zcorpan]

Do you want it to close when the user starts typing, because you think that is a better user experience?

[XP1]

Do you want it to close when the user starts typing, because you think that is a better user experience?

Yes.

[zcorpan]

Wouldn't it be better if browsers did that by default for all sites? Please file bugs on browsers.