Rick
I'm using Jorn's Form Validation plugin and this approach works fine:
<select name="Category" id="Category" title="Please select something"
validate="required:true">
<option value="">Choose a category</option>
<option value="">Automotive</option>
<option value="">Medical</option>
</select>
Cheers
Marco Antonio
2007/10/27, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi, all…
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> Quesiton:
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> How to validate the selection for a drop-down select input?
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> If choices are:
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> 1 – Choose Category (This is the default selection)
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> 2 – Automotive
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> 3 – Medical
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> If the user doesn't change from "1 – Choose Category" I want
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> an error message instructing them to choose a category.
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> Something like:
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> rules: {
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> trans_category { not equal to: 'Choose Category' }
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> }
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> messages: {
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> trans_category { not equal to : "Please choose a category"}
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> }
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> Anyone have the answer off the top of their head?
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> Thanks,
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> Rick
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