Getting jquery.validate { ignore: } to work for fieldset contents

Question

I'm using the jQuery.validate() plugin for a form. However the form contains a fieldset (which is hidden, and used as a template for adding rows to the form) which I don't want to be validated. The fieldset will be named something like organisation_contacts_tmpl_33 with the invariant being the _tmpl_ part. I've tried:

$('#myform').validate({
  debug: true,
  ignore: '[id*="_tmpl_"] input'
  });

I've even renamed the fields inside the fieldset to start with tmpl_ and tried:

$('#myform').validate({
  debug: true,
  ignore: '[id^="tmpl_"]'
  });

(and multiple variations thereof) but to no avail . Any ideas?

Answer 1

Why don't you just ignore hidden elements?

$('#myform').validate({
  debug: true,
  ignore: ':hidden'
});

Answer 2

its just a jQuery selector that it expects see the documentation

this should work...

  $('#myform').validate({
    debug: true,
    ignore: '#fieldset_id input'
  });