Take a closer look at the multipart demo and its custom pageRequired-method - thats key!
Jörn On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:24 PM, seezee<debbil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i posted this to the plugin group, but it appears to be a dead forum > -- last post was february. i'm trying to combine features of these 2 > demos: > > http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/demo/milk/ > http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/demo/multipart/ > > specifically, i want the ability to use custom error messages and to > declare conditions in the page head, as in the 1st demo, as well as to > use the accordion feature of the 2nd. if i use the code from the milk > demo in the head, e.g., > > $(document).ready(function() { > // validate signup form on keyup and submit > var validator = $("#signupform").validate({ > rules: { > [rules] > }, > messages: { > [messages] > }, > }); > } > > validation runs on the entire form, including the sections not yet > made visible. this prevents the 'next' button from operating, so the > accordion won't expand. if i assign a unique id to the each fieldset & > run separate validations for each fieldset, the accordion works, but > the validation stops working. i'm pretty lousy at javascript, so i > could sure use some help. has anyone else out there successfully tried > this? >
