One note the javascript included in the original post is incorrect...I
was playing around and pasted the wrong copy...remove the each(). Also
var size = $(".required").size(); is equal to 1 but var size = $
("input").size(); is equal to 2.
Thanks.
On Mar 31, 7:56 pm, Baum <dbau56...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking to use jQuery in conjunction with xVal for validation.
> One of the cool things I though jQuery would allow me to do is append
> an asterisk (*) to the label of "ALL" my fields that have a css class
> of "required". The example below only applies the asterisk to the
> first field.
>
> How can I get all of the fields from my page that have a
> class="required", find the label (previous element) for each, and
> append some text (an asterisk) to the label for that field?
>
> Example
> ======================
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $(document).ready(function() {
> //$('label.required').append(' <strong>*</
> strong> ');
> $(".required").each().prev().not('input').not('br').not
> ('select').append(' * ');
> });
> </script>
>
> <label for="FirstName'>LastName</label>
> <input id="FirstName" class="required" />
>
> <label for="LastName">LastName</label>
> <input id="LastName" class="required" />
>
> Thanks,
>
> Baum
