Could I somehow disable action (send, redirect) from submit if the textarea was empty (so nothing at all happens onclick). I want to avoid displaying error here, thats why I'm asking. My textarea: <textarea id="message" name="message" maxlength="35"></textarea> My submit button: <input id="send" type="image" src="/site_media/static/images/submit.png" value="Submit"> This is what i tried: http://jsfiddle.net/5Xwyb/ My brain died couple of hours ago.