>>So, this worked wonderfully for the pattern validations, but the form originally still came with the password fields with red borders (the required). Is it expected and I should be contend with that behavior?
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>>Thanks again.
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>You are using 'required' (html validation).. Maybe 'ng-required' ?

Yes, will re-try. I thought about it.

UPDATE. Changed required to ng-required="true" but got the same red underline. I think it's fine.