I'm working on my own form validator that is more in line with the standard jQuery style. It's extremely flexible and includes input masking. You can get a preview here (haven't tested with Safari or Opera yet):
http://www.scriptingmagic.com/test/jquery/validation/ Aaron Stosh wrote: > One other thing that's bothering me about the validate plugin... > first, for the record I want to clarify that I really do like this > plugin - I find it especially useful. I am unable to have a form > object and call validate() on it more then once. For the most part > this makes sense, but I have an instance right now where to cut on how > much code I re-use I would like to be able to append more validation > rules to the form that I am working with. It would be nice if some > how there was an attribute or something which allowed me to append > rather than over-write (granted, the over-write functionality would > still need to be preserved by default). > > > On Jul 18, 9:27 am, "Dan G. Switzer, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> What's the rationale behind the validate plugin only handling one >>> jQuery object? This doesn't seem consistent with how jQuery works at >>> all. >>> >> The validator() object breaks the jQuery chain and returns a reference to >> the current validator object. This allows you to build code to interact with >> the validator--which is necessary at times. >> >> Also, not all jQuery methods with multiple selectors. For example the val() >> method only returns the value from the first element found. >> >> So while the validator() method may not work like most methods, it's not >> unusual for a method to not return the chain or work with more than 1 >> element. >> >> >>> The website states: >>> Validating multiple forms on one page: The plugin can handle only one >>> form per call. In case you have multiple forms on a single page which >>> you want to validate, you can avoid having to duplicate the plugin >>> settings by modifying the defaults via $.validator.defaults. Use >>> $.validator.setDefaults({...}) to override multiple settings at once. >>> >>> But I have a serious problem with this... first off, I don't want to >>> validate every form on my page. I have a number of widgets that >>> utilize forms that don't need validation on the client side. What I >>> would love is to be able to do something like: >>> >>> $('form.classOfForms').validate({....}); >>> >> Personally, I've never seen a need to apply the exact same validation rules >> to multiple forms. Each form I design generally has very distinct rules for >> validation. >> >> What are you doing that would require multiple forms to be validated with >> the exact same validation rules? >> >> -Dan >> > >
