Oh, for posterity, in case anybody else find this useful, here is the complete code that worked fine for me.
$(document).ready(function(){ $('#actionform').validate({ errorPlacement: function(error, element) { $(element).closest('.rowElem').after(error); }, submitHandler: function(form) { $(form).ajaxSubmit({ success: function() { $('#actionform').hide(); $('#content').append("<p class='thanks'>Thanks! Your request has been sent.</p>") } }); } }); }); -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Validation-Plugin%3Aneed-help-with-errorPlacement-tp26719238s27240p26795822.html Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.