[jQuery] Re: validation plugin addMethod does not work for me.

2009-10-22 Thread JMan
Thanks Leonardo... I figured it out after digging through several examples. The documentation for this plugin has a huge gap in it. It shows an example of how to define a custom validator but no where does it explain how to use it. The trick being as you mentioned, defining it in the Rules or you

[jQuery] Re: validation plugin addMethod does not work for me.

2009-10-22 Thread Leonardo K
One thing is your method name and other is your field name. If the name of your field is company and your method is company so: rules:{ company:{ company:true } } Maybe is better rename your method to not confuse. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 13:24, JMan wrote: > > Still no go...

[jQuery] Re: validation plugin addMethod does not work for me.

2009-10-22 Thread JMan
Still no go... below is my code. I just want to pop a dialog to ask the user if they are sure they want to leave the company name blank. The field is not required. I thought it would be easier than this? I can't get teh addMethod to work or fire at all on validation. //validates the form

[jQuery] Re: validation plugin addMethod does not work for me.

2009-10-21 Thread Leonardo K
U need set the rules for your validation: frmSubmittal.validate({ debug: false, focusCleanup: false, focusInvalid: false, onfocusout: false, onkeyup: false, errorPlacement: function(error, element) { error.prependTo( element.parents("div.ctrlHolder")); }, er