You proably want to use a custom method in this case instead of the dependency check.
Jörn On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:25 PM, w1ntermut3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Trying to use the validation plugin (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/ > Validation) to manage the following: > > <input type="radio" name="q8b" id="q8b_1" value="1" /> > <input type="radio" name="q8b" id="q8b_2" value="2" /> > <input type="radio" name="q8b" id="q8b_3" value="3" /> > <input type="text" name="q8c" id="q8c" value="" maxlength="200" > size="30" /> > > Either a radio button must be checked, or something must be in the > text box. > If no radio button is checked and nothing is typed in the text box, I > need an error message. > If a radio button is checked AND something is typed, I need an error > message. > In addition, I want only one error message - if no radio button is > checked and nothing is typed in the text box, I don't want an error > message next to each. > > I've almost got something working but I cannot for the life of me get > it to produce an error message on the "too much information" condition > - a radio button checked and something typed in the text box. Here's > what I've got. I appreciate that it's hideous code so any attempt to > improve it past making it work would be massively appreciated. > > $(document).ready(function() { > > $('#fQuestionnaire2').validate({ > groups: { > q8: "q8b q8c" > }, > > rules: { > q8b:{ > required : function(element) { > var rv = false; > var questionvisible = > ($('input[name=q8a]:checked').val() == 2) ? > true : false; > var somethingChecked = > ($('input[name=q8b]:checked').length > > 0) ? true : false; > var somethingEntered = > ($("#q8c").val() != '') ? true : false; > var tooMuchInfo = (questionvisible && > somethingChecked && > somethingEntered) ? true : false; > var notEnoughInfo = (questionvisible > && !somethingChecked && ! > somethingEntered) ? true : false; > if (tooMuchInfo){rv = true} > if (notEnoughInfo){rv = true} > return rv; > > } > }, > q8c:{ > required : function(element) { > /* exactly the same code as for q8b > above - cut from post for > ease of reading/* > } > messages: { > q8b:{required: "Please select a reason or enter one of > your own."}, > q8c:{required: "Please select a reason or enter one of > your own."} > } > }); > }); >
