ohhhh...duh :) i have to keep in mind that I have to traverse the DOM tree
Thanks :) On Sep 16, 12:19 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > You need to go up one more level: > > errorPlacement: function(error, element){ > error.appendTo( element.parent().parent().next().find(".errorMsg") ); > > } > > Jörn > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Loony2nz <loony...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I need help with targeting a class on a TD to hold error messages with > > jQuery form validator plug-in. > > > This is my sampling of code: > > > < script> > > .... > > errorPlacement: function(error, element){ > > error.appendTo( element.parent().next()); > > } > > </ script> > > > <tr style="border:0;"> > > <td style="border:0;" align="right">First Name<span > > style="color:#f00;">*</span></td> > > <td style="border:0;"><input maxlength="40" name="first_name" > > size="20" type="text" /></td> > > </tr> > > <tr style="border:0;"> > > <td style="border:0;"></td> > > <td class="errorMsg" style="border:0;"></td> > > </tr> > > > I want to target the TD with the class: errorMsg to hold the error > > message. > > > I've tried error.appendTo( element.parent().next('.errorMsg')); to no > > avail. > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > Thanks