Hi, I have been using a prototype form validation http://tetlaw.id.au/view/javascript/really-easy-field-validation
but I now wish to go to jquery. I can get it working but there is something i can't get to work and it was the best feature of the prototype script mentione above. I would like the validation script to exclude from the process any hidden form field. I set the validation rules as metatags with class="required" the following works but still requires to validate hidden fields $("#commentForm").validate(); I have tried something like.. $("#commentForm").validate({ignore: "[...@type=hidden]" }); but that does not work Some fields are hidden because the parent div is set to display:none when a checkbox is checked. Any ideas?