Dropdowns are supported just fine. Just remove the value attribute from the "select one" option and add a required rule for the field. See also http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/demo/radio-checkbox-select-demo.html
Jörn On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Kathryn <kathry...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm using the fantastic validation plugin (from bassistance.de) and > have run into a little glitch. I understand the plugin doesn't > currently handle dropdowns, but I found a possible solution on True > Tribe (http://www.thetruetribe.com/jquery/1-jquery-api/68-jquery- > plugin-validation-with-ajax). I can't get it to work, though. I'm > pretty new to jQuery and am probably making an obvious error I can't > see. Here's my jQuery code: > > $(document).ready(function(){ > $("#reg_form").validate({ > > onfocusout: false, > onkeyup: false, > onclick: false, > > rules: { > gender: {required:true}, > spouse_attend: {required:true} > } > > }); > > $validator.addMethod( > "select_class", > function(value, element) { > return this.optional(element) || ( value.indexOf("--Select One--") == > -1); > }, > "Please select a class."); > > }); > > And here's the dropdown I'm trying to validate. > > <select name='class_date' id='class_date' class='select_class'> > <option value='--Select One--'>--Select One--</option> > <option>Feb 16 - 20, 2009</option> > <option>Mar 16 - 20, 2009</option> > <option>Apr 13 - 17, 2009</option> > <option>May 11 - 15, 2009</option> > </select> > > What am I doing wrong? Or is there another way to do this? > > Thanks in advance! > > Kathryn >
