I would love to have this feature. It would save me a bunch of extra lines of code. Any idea if and when this might be implemented into the plugin?
On Oct 21, 5:55 am, lightglitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Done. > > http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/3503 > > On Oct 21, 9:53 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Could you file a ticket for this?http://dev.jquery.com/newticket > > (requires registration) > > > Thanks! > > > Jörn > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:49 PM, lightglitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have made a patch for my app to therulesfunction to supportcustom > > > messages: > > > > This is the new function, would be nice to have something similar to > > > this. > > > > rules: function(command, argument) { > > > var element = this[0]; > > > > if (command) { > > > var staticRules = $.data(element.form, > > > 'validator').settings.rules; > > > var existingRules = > > > $.validator.staticRules(element); > > > switch(command) { > > > case "add": > > > $.extend(existingRules, > > > $.validator.normalizeRule(argument)); > > > staticRules[element.name] = existingRules; > > > > /**** PATCH ***/ > > > if (argument.messages) { > > > if ($.data(element.form, > > > 'validator').settings.messages[element.name]) > > > $.extend($.data(element.form, > > > 'validator').settings.messages[element.name],argument.messages); > > > else > > > $.data(element.form, > > > 'validator').settings.messages[element.name] = argument.messages; > > > } > > > /**** END PATCH ***/ > > > break; > > > case "remove": > > > if (!argument) { > > > delete staticRules[element.name]; > > > return existingRules; > > > } > > > var filtered = {}; > > > $.each(argument.split(/\s/), > > > function(index, method) { > > > filtered[method] = > > > existingRules[method]; > > > delete existingRules[method]; > > > }); > > > return filtered; > > > } > > > } > > > > var data = $.validator.normalizeRules( > > > $.extend( > > > {}, > > > $.validator.metadataRules(element), > > > $.validator.classRules(element), > > > $.validator.attributeRules(element), > > > $.validator.staticRules(element) > > > ), element); > > > > // make sure required is at front > > > if (data.required) { > > > var param = data.required; > > > delete data.required; > > > data = $.extend({required: param}, data); > > > } > > > > return data; > > > }, > > > > And I use it like this: > > > > $("#field").rules("add", {"required":true,"range":[5,45],"messages": > > > {"required":"The field can\'t be blank.","range":"The field must have > > > 5 to 45 characters."}}); > > > > Hope it helps. > > > > On Oct 9, 11:00 pm, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> You can use metadata, too. Currently barely documented, and not really > > >> recommended either, but works since 1.4. > > > >> <input class="{required:true,messages:{required:'required field'}}" > > >> name="whatever" /> > > > >> Jörn > > > >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Bob Silverberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > Thanks for the quick response. That fixed my problem. > > > >> > One more question: > > > >> > I'd like to addcustomerror messages to some of my dynamic > > >> > validations. Is it correct that the only way to add acustomerror > > >> >messageto a particular rule is either by: > > > >> > 1. using the form.validate() method > > >> > 2. using $.validator.addMethod to clone an existing method > > > >> > Thanks, > > >> > Bob > > > >> > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Jörn Zaefferer > > >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> Forrules("add") to work, the element's form has to be validated, that > > >> >> is, call $("form").validate() first. I've updated the documentation > > >> >> accordingly. > > > >> >> Not sure why the attr-approach failed, I'll take a look at that. > > > >> >> Jörn > > > >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:37 AM, BobS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >>> I'm working on a server-side component that will generate all of my > > >> >>> jQuery validationrulesfrom xml metadata, so I'm trying to > > >> >>> dynamically addrulesone at a time. > > > >> >>> My first attempt was to use therules( "add",rules) syntax, but I'm > > >> >>> getting an error on page load: > > > >> >>> jQuery.data(element.form, "validator") is undefined > > > >> >>> Here's the syntax I'm using: > > > >> >>> $("#VerifyPassword").rules('add',{equalTo: '#UserPass'}); which > > >> >>> seems > > >> >>> to be correct according to the docs. > > > >> >>> So, I decided to try setting attributes instead, which works fine for > > >> >>> the equalTo. For example, this works: > > > >> >>> $("#VerifyPassword").attr('equalTo','#UserPass'); > > > >> >>> But when trying to use attr to set a range I cannot figure out what > > >> >>> to > > >> >>> pass in for the range. > > > >> >>> I've tried: > > >> >>> $("#UserPass").attr('rangelength','[5,10]'); -> yeilds themessage > > >> >>> "Please enter a value between NaN and 5 characters long." > > >> >>> $("#UserPass").attr('rangelength',[5,10]); --> yields themessage > > >> >>> "Please enter a value between 5 and NaN characters long." > > >> >>> var theRange = [5,10]; $("#UserPass").attr('rangelength',theRange); > > >> >>> -- > > >> >>>> yields themessage"Please enter a value between 5 and NaN > > >> >>> characters long." > > > >> >>> So, I really have 2 questions: > > > >> >>> 1. How can I a rule using therules( "add",rules) syntax, which > > >> >>> would be my preferred approach? > > >> >>> 2. If I need to add a validation using attr, what format do I use to > > >> >>> pass in the value of the rangelength attribute? > > > >> >>> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide, > > >> >>> Bob > > > >> > -- > > >> > Bob Silverberg > > >> >www.silverwareconsulting.com
