Thanks for your help. You always seem to be very quick to respond and
I, along with everyone else I'm sure, am very appreciative.
Great plugin!
On Sep 15, 12:35 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> You shouldn't use "visible-required" as the method name. Stick with a
> valid JavaScript identifier (probably should have mentioned that).
>
> As long as you do that, you can use addMethod to alias existing
> methods with other default messages. On the other hand, addClassRules
> doesn't help at all with messages.
>
> Jörn
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Dr Stevens <daverstev...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm using the validate plugin to validate ASP.NET webforms on the
> > client (I'd prefer to not use webforms, but for now I'm stuck with
> > it). Because I'm using webforms, I'm trying to get around using the
> > clientID of server controls. The metadata plugin works great, but I'd
> > prefer to not use it because it's gonna blow up my markup.
>
> > Is there any way to utilize jQuery.validator.addClassRules to add
> > custom messages to a rule? Take the following for instance:
>
> > jQuery.validator.addMethod("visible-required", function(value,
> > element) {
> > return $(element).is(":hidden") || !this.optional(element);
> > }, "This is required when visible");
>
> > jQuery.validator.addClassRules("fool", {
> > visible-required: true,
> > lettersonly: true,
> > messages: {
> > visible-required: "My specific field must is required",
> > lettersonly: "Letters only fool!"
> > }
> > });
>
> > On a slightly related note, is there any overhead associated with
> > adding custom validation methods specific to some field only to
> > override the default message? Take the following:
>
> > jQuery.validator.addMethod("visible-required", function(value,
> > element) {
> > return $(element).is(":hidden") || !this.optional(element);
> > }, "This is required when visible");
>
> > jQuery.validator.addMethod("visible-required-fool",
> > jQuery.validator.methods.visible - required,
> > "My specific field is required");
>
> > I saw your talk at the conference last weekend btw. Thanks
