PDF Form Submit Alert to find missing fields

I have created a PDF form using Adobe Acrobat X Pro for our website and am testing it. When I submit my form, but have left required fields blank, I want it to locate those blank fields. Instead it makes me find the missing fields, which is hard to do on my complex form. Please help I have searched and found no answers.

I see. You can't change this built-in feature behavior, but you could implement your own scheme with JavaScript. The problem with this approach is it won't work if JavaScript is disabled or not (fully) supported, as with most mobile PDF viewers. It would involve replacing the Submit Form action with the submitForm JavaScript method, but only after a script scans the required fields to see if any are blank. The script could set just the missing fields' border color and even set the focus to the first missing one. One problem with setting the border color is it would print in that color, unlike the other type of highlighting.
If you want to pursue this JavaScript option, post again.

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