diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts
index 87b3855904..8db96c2e7f 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2InputWidget/Et2InputWidget.ts
@@ -444,11 +444,16 @@ const Et2InputWidgetMixin = <T extends Constructor<LitElement>>(superclass : T)
 					{
 						feedback.slot = "feedback";
 					}
-					else
+					else if(<HTMLElement>this.shadowRoot.querySelector("#help-text"))
 					{
 						// Not always visible?
 						(<HTMLElement>this.shadowRoot.querySelector("#help-text")).style.display = "initial";
 					}
+					else
+					{
+						// No place to show the validation error.  That's a widget problem, but we'll show it as message
+						this.egw().message(feedback.textContent, "error");
+					}
 				}
 			});
 
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts b/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts
index 5389268286..c32dcc4dc8 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts
@@ -1100,9 +1100,9 @@ export class etemplate2
 						(<Et2Tabs><unknown>tmpWidget).activateTab(invalid_widgets[0]);
 					}
 					// scroll the widget into view
-					if(typeof widget.scrollIntoView === 'function')
+					if(typeof tmpWidget.scrollIntoView === 'function')
 					{
-						widget.scrollIntoView();
+						tmpWidget.scrollIntoView();
 					}
 				}
 				else