Try to set ignore: ":hidden".
Jörn
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:39 PM, luke BAKING barker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hi
>
> first, I want to say how cool this validation plugin is, very slick -
> especially like the eager validation aspect.
>
> I use CakePHP, and I am trying to check a "terms" box is checked, but
> CakePHP outputs the HTML like so:
>
> <div class="input checkbox">
> <input id="CoverAgreed_" type="hidden" value="0" name="data[Cover]
> [agreed]"/>
> <input id="CoverAgreed" type="checkbox" value="1" name="data[Cover]
> [agreed]"/>
> <label for="CoverAgreed">do you agree to the terms?</label>
> </div>
>
> because of the names being identical, I have had difficulty getting
> Validate to work and check that this second field is required. I know
> it is not possible to use ID in rules: option of validate method. But
> setting
>
> rules: {
> "data[Cover][agreed]" : { required:true } will not work for me.
>
> I have tried a workaround addressing the $(#CoverAgreed) . validate()
> but could not be successful either. Any ideas for a workaround?
>
> thank you in advance for any help you may be able to give
>
> Luke
>
> >
>
