jquery-validate

JQuery Validate Plugin - How to create a simple, custom rule?

How do you create a simple, custom rule using the JQuery Validate plugin (using addMethod) that doesn't use a regex? For example, what function would create a rule that validates only if at lease one of a group of checkboxes is checked? ...

Applying CSS to Text inputs with Classes

I'm using jQuery validate on a form I am building and it is working great. What I want to do is when something is invalid to have the text field change colors and the error message to be white. I figured the following CSS would work: label .error {color: white; font-weight: bold;} input .error {background-color: pink; border: 1px dashed...

Using the jQuery validatation plugin to send multiple values to an ASP.NET MVC controller action?

Hi, Using the jQuery Validation plugin and AJAX, how can I validate the contents of say an input (textbox) but pass more than one parameter to a controller action? A brilliant example of passing a single value via AJAX using the plugin can be found here. ...

Clicking twice to activate? javascript onclick issue

Hi! I'm having an issue with a project I am working on at the moment that is making use of the Validation plugin for jQuery, when the validation error appears I am dynamically applying an anchor tag to it with an onclick. And its this onclick thats the problem... The first time the validation error appears I have to click the link twic...

jQuery validate plugin clearing file input value in IE

Hi! Im currently using this jQuery validate plugin and having an issue in IE where its removing the value of file input fields whilst validating the rest of the form. This seems to me like an onfocus issue, I select a file to upload, click on another input field and it clears the value - this only happens on the file input fields aswel...

Using depends with the jQuery Validation plugin

I've got a form with a bunch of textboxes that are disabled by default, then enabled by use of a checkbox next to each one. When enabled, the values in these textboxes are required to be a valid number, but when disabled they don't need a value (obviously). I'm using the jQuery Validation plugin to do this validation, but it doesn't se...

jQuery Validation plugin: how to check if an element is valid?

A little bit of context: I'm using the jQuery Validation plugin to validate a sign-up form. I now want to implement an ajax call to check whether the user name is available in the system, and I want to make this ajax call only if the userName value is a valid one as per the rules set in $(form).validate(); I want something like: $("#u...

Can I copy/clone a function in JavaScript?

I'm using jQuery with the validators plugin. I would like to replace the "required" validator with one of my own. This is easy: jQuery.validator.addMethod("required", function(value, element, param) { return myRequired(value, element, param); }, jQuery.validator.messages.required); So far, so good. This works just fine. But what I...

The jQuery Validation `valid()` method returns 0 when required is not true

I'm using the jQuery Validation plugin and I've got a textbox with the class digits to force it to be digits only, but not required. When I call validate on the form it works fine, but if I call valid() on the textbox when it's empty, it returns 0, despite no error message showing and required not being set. Does anyone know why it wou...

Validate inputs that are not inside a form with jQuery Validation plugin

How can I validate some inputs that are not inside a form tag? All the samples I found have a form tag, but I want to validate some inputs that are not inside a form. thanks! ...

jQuery UI Dialog validation without using <form> tags

http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/ looks to be the best jquery validation plugin out there. I can't seem to get it working in the jQuery UI dialog though. This code works outside of the dialog DIV: <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("form").validate(); $("a").bind("cli...

Jquery.Validate and MVC Framework

Alright this problem has been driving me a little crazy. I have a checkbox on my form that looks like this: <%=Html.CheckBox("Agreement", false)%>Yes, I agree to the terms And then I have a js file that is loaded into the browser after jquery and jquery.validate are loaded that looks like this: $.validator.setDefaults({ submitHandl...

jQuery Validation plugin in ASP.NET Web Forms

I would really like use the jQuery Validation plugin in my ASP.NET Web Forms application (not MVC). I find it easier than adding asp validators everywhere and setting the control to validate field on all of them. I am just having some issues both when setting the class like this class="required email" which I think has something to do...

JQuery CreditCard validator

Hi I get the following error when I try to validate credit card, it seems to be a straight forward error, the catch is that it occurs even after the jquery.validate.js is included. for some reason it is unable to find the function, and has broken my code. did anyone encounter a similar problem? (jQuery.validator.methods.creditcard(el...

ASP.NET LinkButton / ImageButton and JQuery Validate?

We are introducing JQuery to an existing ASP.NET application and use the Validate plugin for JQuery to do the client side validation (we do not want to use the asp.net validators). Everything works nicely with the asp:Button control. The client side validation is triggered before the page is submitted. However when using the LinkButto...

rules/attr in jQuery validation

I'm trying to add custom validation to a dynamically created control. Can I use .attr() to set a rule for a control? $.fn.addValidationExpression = function(field) { if (field.ValidationExpression != null) { $("#fld"+getFieldIdSuffix(field)).attr("validateExpression", field.ValidationExpression); } return this; }...

jquery validate on elements not yet created

I'm wondering if it's possible to have the jQuery Validator plugin validate elements that don't yet exist in the dom when the rules are initially setup. Calling the .Rules("add", therules) method only attaches the rules to elements that currently exist in the dom. If I were to create some. The validation doesn't fire. Any thoughts? Hom...

Nested erroElement in Jquery Validator Plugin.

I am using jQuery Validator plug-in for validating my form. Everything is working fine for me in this. I am using errorElement : "dd". However, because of the UI requirement I have to insert an additional SPAN inside the "dd". Also, I have to highlight the label of the error field. Can anyone suggest how can I achieve this? HTML - ...

How to disable custom validation method on condition

I use jQuery Validation plugin to ensure what user entered positive *cost_of_car* in first text field and positive *payment_amount* in second text field such what *cost_of_car * 0.4 <= payment_amount <= cost_of_car*: $.validator.addMethod("testMaxAmount", function() { return $("#cost_of_car").val() - 0 >= $("#payment_amount").val() ...

ASP.Net + jQuery + jQuery validation plugin + UpdatePanel + nyroModal - success firing on each field!

I have a form containing a list of input fields that the user populates with prices (numbers). I have set their css classes to "required" and "number" so that the jQuery validation plugin validates them accordingly. All that is working perfectly well. The errors are displayed when each field is either not a number or the value is missing...