I ended up adding $.validator.messages["required"] = "can't be blank"
after my call to jQuery.validator.setDefaults({ ... }) On Mar 22, 1:23 pm, linoj <lino...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > using validate plugin, I'm aware you can change the message for an > individual field, but can i change the default message, eg for > required say "can't be blank" rather than "This field is required" > > thanks > linoj