How to check text displayed in a validation message using Selenium IDE

Question

I need to check a validation message as in the image is displayed on clicking save button without entering value in a specific field.

How to check this alert is displayed and can I verify the text displayed in this message?

HTML code:

<form id="h_team" class="ajax-form" action="/dashboard/healthcareteams/add/"    name="myteam" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="nOL6zUe7ASnde3OsRDLkiCQO8gEdKH2w" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken">
<fieldset>
<legend class="sr-only">Contact Type</legend>
<input id="id_contact_type" type="hidden" value="1" name="contact_type">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-11" style="margin-top:4px">
<div class="form-group">
<input id="id_name" class="form-control input-custom" type="text" title="" required="required" placeholder="Insurance Name" name="name">
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You can store text present in the alert into a variable as follows:

String msg_in_alert=driver.switchTo().alert().getText();

Then you can use assert to compare:

 Assert.assertEquals(driver.findElement(
      By.cssSelector("selector_of_error_element")
     ).getText().compareTo(msg_in_alert), true);

Where true specifies that the text should match.

If text does not match, it will result in step failure.