There is now a planned solution for adding dependency checks to all
validation methods. See http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2456 for more
details.
On Mar 3, 11:13 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can I compare 2 text fields only if a certain checkbox is
> checked? Can you do something like this?
>
> billingAddress: {
> required: true
> minlength: 5
> equalTo: "#shippingAddress" && function(element) {
> return jQuery("#comparefields").is(":checked");
>
> },
>
> I'm not sure if this is possible or how to form this correctly. I
> assume you'd be able to do this in an equalto along with specifying
> which field to compare to.
