Thanks for getting back to me I have the id specified <input type="text" value="" name="source" id="source"/>
It just had wrapped on to the new line Sorry I could not find away of formatting the code I pasted in so it looks a bit of a mess On Apr 14, 7:06 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > There is no field with the id "source"? Add id="source" to that input... > > Jörn > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:33 PM, AndyCramb <andycr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am trying the forms validation plugin and cannot figure out where I > > am going wrong with it > > I can get cross validation working aginst a checkbox but I am unable > > to get it working against an input box > > HTML is supplied below > > The rules metadata is below the HTML > > Any help is much appreciated > > Andy > > > <fieldset> > > <legend>Test JQuery validation</legend> > > <ol> > > <li> > > <label for="cbox">Last Months Bank Statement: </ > > label> > > <input type="checkbox" value="true" name="cbox" > > id="cbox"/><input type="hidden" value="false" name="cbox"/ > > > </li> > > <li> > > <label for="source">Source: </label> > > <input type="text" value="" name="source" > > id="source"/> > > </li> > > <li> > > <label for="date">Date: </label> > > <input type="text" value="" name="date" id="date"/ > > > </li> > > <li> > > <label for="amntPaidIn">Amount Paid In: </label> > > <input type="text" value="" name="amntPaidIn" > > id="amntPaidIn"/> > > </li> > > </ol> > > <input type="submit" value="validate"/> > > > </fieldset> > > > rules: { > > source: { > > required: "#cbox:checked",//works > > minlength: 2 > > } > > , date: { > > required: "#source:filled",//not working > > minlength: 2 > > } > > , amntPaidIn: { > > required: true, > > email: true > > } > > }, debug: true