or
<!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head runat="server"> <title></title></head><body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <telerik:RadScriptManager ID="RadScriptManager1" AjaxFrameworkMode="Enabled" runat="server" CompositeScript-ScriptMode="Auto" EnableEmbeddedjQuery="False" LoadScriptsBeforeUI="False" OutputCompression="AutoDetect"></telerik:RadScriptManager> <telerik:RadMaskedTextBox ID="txtSSN4" class="numeric" PromptChar="" SelectionOnFocus="SelectAll" runat="server" Width="44px" MaxLength="4" Mask="####" DisplayMask="****" DisplayText="" TabIndex="4" meta:resourcekey="txtSSN4Resource1" HideOnBlur="True" AutoCompleteType="Disabled"> </telerik:RadMaskedTextBox> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" Text="*" ForeColor="Red" ControlToValidate="txtSSN4" ErrorMessage="SSN4 is required." meta:resourcekey="RequiredFieldValidator3Resource1" SetFocusOnError="True"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> <asp:RegularExpressionValidator runat="server" meta:resourcekey="SSN4RangeValidatorResource1" ID="SSN4RangeValidator" ForeColor="Red" ControlToValidate="txtSSN4" Text="Format is incorrect." ErrorMessage="SSN4 format is incorrect." ValidationExpression="[0-9]{4}" SetFocusOnError="True"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator> <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="abc"></asp:TextBox> </div> </form></body></html>

html, body{ position: relative;}function ClientValidate_<%= this.ClientID %>(source, args) { var combo = $find("<%= ExComboControl.ClientID %>"); if (combo.get_enabled()) { args.IsValid = false; var text = combo.get_text(); if (text.length < 1) { args.IsValid = false; combo.set_emptyMessage("Please choose an Item"); } else { combo.trackChanges(); console.log(text); var node = combo.findItemByText(text); console.log(node); var inputElement = combo.get_inputDomElement(); console.log(inputElement); if (node) { args.IsValid = true args.IsValid = false; inputElement.style.color = "black"; } else { args.IsValid = false; inputElement.style.color = "#FF0000"; } } } }