><div class="controls"> > <div class="col-lg-9"> > <input class="form-control" > ng-model="newPassword" > name="newPassword" > placeholder="@Labels.newPassword" > type="password" > autocomplete="off" > required > ng-pattern="validPassword" /> <!--/^\d*$/ This worked but not "^(?=.*[A-Za-z])(?=.*\\d)[A-Za-z\\d]{8,}$" or "^(?=.*[A-Za-z])(?=.*\d)[A-Za-z\d]{8,}$"--> > <!--I had to create validPassword ng scope function to make it work. Worked testing with http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html --> > <div class="field-validation-error"> > <span ng-show="resetPasswordForm.newPassword.$error.pattern && resetPasswordForm.newPassword.$dirty">@Messages.passwordValidation</span> > <span ng-show="resetPasswordForm.newPassword.$error.required && resetPasswordForm.newPassword.$dirty">@String.Format(Messages.isRequired, Labels.newPassword)</span> > </div> > </div> > </div>>