DO NOT include hidden fields in the plugin data. I had 3 hidden
fields that weren't required but they were phoneUS.
That must be a no no. I havent thought about the logic behind...
but I am moving on to the next problem.
and it may have been that i had no messages setup for them. only
rules.
On Aug 10, 6:56 pm, Miket3 <miketro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here it is minus the submit handler
>
> var v = $("#myform").validate({
>
> rules: {
> username: {required: true,
> minlength: 4,
> remote: {url:"lookup.php",
> type : "post",
> data: {table:"members",
> failmsg:"true",
> successmsg:"false",
> key:"username",
> value:function(){return $("#username").val
> (); }
> }
> }
> },
> password: {required: true,
> minlength: 5
> },
> email: {required: true,
> email: true
> },
> zipcode: {required: true,
> minlength: 5
> },
> phone: { phoneUS: true },
> cellphone: { phoneUS: true },
> fax: { phoneUS: true },
>
> }, //end of rules
> messages: {
> username: {
> required: "<br>Enter a username",
> minlength: jQuery.format("<br>Enter at least {0}
> characters"),
> remote : jQuery.format("<br>Sorry... {0} is
> already taken."),
> },
> password: {
> required: "Provide a password",
> rangelength: jQuery.format("Enter at least {0}
> characters")
> },
> email: {
> required: "Please enter a valid email address",
> minlength: "Please enter a valid email address"
> }
> }, //end of messages
>
> // the errorPlacement has to take the table layout into account
> errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
> if ( element.is(":radio") )
> error.appendTo(
> element.parent().next().next() );
> else if ( element.is(":checkbox") )
> error.appendTo ( element.next() );
> else
> error.appendTo( element.parent() );
> }, //end of errorPlacement
> // set this class to error-labels to indicate valid fields
> success: function(label) {
> var valid_img = '<img src="/global_libs/images/icons/
> checked.gif">';
> // set as text for IE
> label.html(valid_img);
> } // end of success
>
> });
>
> On Aug 10, 6:12 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Please show the rest of your code.
>
> > Jörn
>
> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Miket3<miketro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Here is my handler:
>
> > > submitHandler: function(form) {
> > > alert('I CANT GET THIS TO TRIGGER');
> > > },
>
> > > Here is my button:
>
> > > <input class="submit" type="submit" id="register" value="Register">
>
> > > How do i trigger a validate when the submit button is clicked?
>
> > > All of my validations work while I am working with the form but the
> > > button does zilch.
