You specify minlength:2 for a single-select. There is no way to select more then one item in that select.
Jörn On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:03 PM, paulswansea <sendtoswan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > sure, try http://www.jondunlevy.com/seltest.html > > > On Feb 26, 8:54 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> Your code looks fine, could you post a testpage? >> >> Jörn >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:53 PM, paulswansea <sendtoswan...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I'm trying to get the validate plugin to work with a select box, but >> > for some reason, it wont validate if i select a country, what am i >> > doing wrong? >> >> > <form id="testform" method="post"> >> > <select name="country" id="country"> >> > <option value="">Select a country</option> >> > <option value="AF">Afghanistan</option> >> > <option value="AX">Aland Islands</option> >> > <option value="AL">Albania</option> >> > <option value="GB.WLS">Wales</option> >> > </select> >> > <input id="submitbtn" name="submitbtn" type="submit" /> >> > </form> >> > <script type="text/javascript"> >> > $('#testform').validate({ >> > messages : { >> > country : { >> > required : 'select country', >> > minlength : 'choose a country' >> > }, >> > }, >> > rules : { >> > country : { >> > required : true, >> > minlength: 2 >> > }, >> > }, >> > success: function(label) { >> > label.html(" ").addClass("checked"); >> > } >> >> > }); >> >> > </script>
