Ian, That's correct.
JQuery Validation only checks CSS class("disallowSpecialCharacters" in this case) of input field. It doesn't check CSS class of label. Jessica -----Original Message----- From: Ian Duffy [mailto:i...@ianduffy.ie] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:02 AM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: UI Query: createForm Hi, Looking at this again. It works if I add a class of required onto the input tag. For some reason it doesn't pick up the field-required from the label. On 24 July 2013 14:08, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: > Hi Pranav, > > The "Required: true" in the creates that span required field > automatically. The following is the result of its generated html: > (Just using account as an example, account isn't required in practice) > > <div class="form-item" rel="account"> > <div class="name"> > <label for="label_account"> > <span class="field-required">*</span>Account:</label> > </div> > <div class="value"> > <input name="account" type="text" > class="disallowSpecialCharacters" id="label_account"> > </div> > </div> > > But it still allows the form to be submitted without account having data. > > On 24 July 2013 13:48, Pranav Saxena <psb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sorry for missing this thread .Seems like the mail was automatically sent >> to my citrix ID which doesn't exist anymore. Anyways, I gave a quick look >> at what Ian is trying to do here and realized that he has probably >> forgotten to add the "required" class in the form structure . Ian , you >> might want to add something like this to your customized form as shown >> below . This might help you with form validation. >> >> var $astersikSpan = $('<span>').addClass('field-required').html('*'); >> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js;h=eb7e7b2acb09af4a9d6522949414b50cd18702f6;hb=ad69bc8d#l174> >> $name.find('label').prepend($astersikSpan); >> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js;h=eb7e7b2acb09af4a9d6522949414b50cd18702f6;hb=ad69bc8d#l175> >> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js;h=eb7e7b2acb09af4a9d6522949414b50cd18702f6;hb=ad69bc8d#l176> >> if (field.validation == null || >> field.validation.required == false) { >> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js;h=eb7e7b2acb09af4a9d6522949414b50cd18702f6;hb=ad69bc8d#l177> >> $astersikSpan.hide(); >> <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blob;f=ui/scripts/ui/dialog.js;h=eb7e7b2acb09af4a9d6522949414b50cd18702f6;hb=ad69bc8d#l178> >> } >> >> >> Thanks, >> Pranav >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Parnav, Jessica or Brian, can you help Ian here ? >>> >>> thx >>> >>> On Jul 22, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > I'm having an issue with the below gisted snippets. For whatever >>> > reason they do not get validated. Any idea why? >>> > >>> > https://gist.github.com/imduffy15/6053967 >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Ian >>> >>>