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<form action="#" class="form-horizontal ws-validate">
    <div class="form-group">
        <label for="inputEmail3" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email*</label>
        <!-- place errorbox between label and field -->
        <div class="ws-errorbox" hidden=""></div>
        <div class="col-sm-10">
            <input type="email" class="form-control" id="inputEmail3" placeholder="Email" required />
        </div>
    </div>
    <!-- associate errorbox with a fieldwrapper using data-errorbox -->
    <div class="form-group" data-errorbox="passerror">
        <label for="inputPassword3" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Password*</label>
        <div class="col-sm-10">
            <input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword3" placeholder="Password" required />
        </div>
    </div>
    
    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-xs-3">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">submit</button>
            
        </div>
        <div class="ws-errorbox col-xs-9" id="passerror" hidden=""></div>
    </div>
</form>

(function () {
    webshims.setOptions('forms', {
        lazyCustomMessages: true,
        iVal: {
            sel: '.ws-validate',
            handleBubble: 'hide', // hide error bubble

            //add bootstrap specific classes
            errorMessageClass: 'help-block',
            successWrapperClass: 'has-success',
            errorWrapperClass: 'has-error',

            //add config to find right wrapper
            fieldWrapper: '.form-group'
        }
    });

    //load forms polyfill + iVal feature
    webshims.polyfill('forms');
})();

body {
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
}
.form-group > [class*="col-"] + .ws-errorbox {
    padding: 0 15px;
}
[class*="col-"].ws-errorbox { clear: none; }