In case anyone else stumbles upon this, I will give my solution to the problem (hours later, of course).
So the issue is that Facebox is using the clone() method to move the DOM elements around in $.facebox.fillFaceboxFromHref. Now a fix that worked on some of my pages was to simply using the other form of the clone() method -> clone(true). Giving the boolean true tells JQuery to copy the event handlers as well as the DOM stuff. Like I said, this only worked on a couple of my pages. The final solution I came upon was to completely change how it sends the DOM element to the reveal method of Facebox. This involved changing the following things: $.extend($.facebox, { settings: { dom_data: null, dom: null, ... *add in the variables dom and dom_data in the main declaration of facebox if (href.match(/#/)) { var url = window.location.href.split('#')[0] var target = href.replace(url,'') $.facebox.settings.dom = target; $.facebox.settings.dom_data = $(target).children(); $.facebox.reveal($(target).children().show(), klass) ... *this is in fillFaceboxFromHref finally, $(document).bind('close.facebox', function() { if($.facebox.settings.dom){ $($.facebox.settings.dom).append($.facebox.settings.dom_data); $.facebox.settings.dom = null; $.facebox.settings.dom_data = null; } ... * this is at the end of the file The changes here are avoiding the cloning process entirely. Instead we are moving the elements to the Facebox and then moving them back when we close the thing. This seems to work. It looks like it is a little slower, or maybe it is just me. Hopefully this helps someone. On Feb 24, 1:57 pm, Bob O <sngndn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Ive been using the Validation plugin on my site and it works > fantastic. i have run into an issue with trying to get it to perform > validation on a form that resides in a facebox. > > I setup the validation the same as any other form in the site. what > could i be missing?