Jörn, Many thanks for the clarification and tip. When I removed the value attribute completely, it didn't work, but when I left it in with no value, the error message came up as expected. The code below works.
Thanks again-- Kathryn <select name='class_date' id='class_date' class='required'> <option value=''>--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> On Feb 1, 4:54 am, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Dropdowns are supported just fine. Just remove the value attribute > from the "select one" option and add a required rule for the field. > See > alsohttp://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/demo/radio-checkbox-select-demo... > > 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
