Could you post a testpage showing the specific problem? Jörn
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:13 PM, shiney <shi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If two separate input fields need to be validated together as well as > individually, what is the best way to do this? For example, I have a > 'date' field and 'time' field. Both fields need to have valid date & > time, cannot be empty, and in addition, the value of the two fields > combined, cannot occur in the past. > > I've tried it with 'groups' as well as a custom validation method via > 'addMethod', but the error display mechanism doesn't behave similar to > how the other validation fields. Normally after the error is shown for > a specific field, the error highlight will disappear as the user fixes > the data without leaving the input field (ie, change/blur events > haven't been fired). > > In my case, fixing one of the fields still leaves the other in the > group with the error highlight when I am expecting both to lose it as > they were highlighted together as soon as custom validation rule > failed. The only way to remove the error highlight is if you switch to > that field and have it lose focus. > > Is there a way to have it so that that both fields in the group lose > the highlight as soon as either is corrected and meets the constraint > rule? > > The custom validation method returns true or false depending on > whether the two fields meet the specific constraint and the only > option that I provide to the validator is 'submitHandler' so I haven't > changed any of the default error display mechanisms. All of validation > rules are set as classes on the form's input fields. > > Thanks, > Shiney >
