On 08/03/07, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't have much of a clue how to code what you mean
> with the errorPlacement function:
>
> Here's what I tried, which didn't work...everything else runs
> fine without it... remember, unfortunately you're helping someone
> who has just begun to work with jQuery and the plug-ins... :o)
>
> $.validator.defaults.debug = true;
> $().ready(function() {
>
> // validate Mortgage_Calculation_Form form fields on blur
> $("#MC_Form").validate({
>
> errorPlacement: function(error, #Principal) {
> error.insertBefore(#Principal);
> },
>
> focusInvalid: "false",
>
> event: "blur",
>
> rules: {
> Principal: {required: true},
> Interest: {required: true,
> number: true},
> Years: {required: true,
> number: true}
> },
>
> messages: {
> Principal: "Please enter the Principal.",
> Interest: {required: "Please enter the
> Interest Rate.",
> number: "Please enter a
> number."},
> Years: {required: "Please enter the Years.",
> number: "Please enter a number."}
> }
> })
> });
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Jörn Zaefferer
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:30 PM
> To: jQuery Discussion.
> Subject: Re: [jQuery] Options for Validation...
>
> Rick Faircloth schrieb:
> >
> > Calling all jQuery/CF'ers…
> >
> > I'm not real satisfied with the error message placement
> >
> > options in Jorn Zaefferer's validation plug-in.
> >
> > I like to place my error messages right above the form field
> >
> > that the error message references.
> >
> > Right now, as I understand it, Jorn's plug-in doesn't allow
> >
> > for that type of placement.
> >
> Forgot that other message. Well, parts of it. You can customize the
> error placement!
>
> Just implement the errorPlacement function:
>
> $("#myform").validate({
> errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
> // do whatever you like with error and the element, eg.:
> error.insertBefore(element); // <- inserts the error before the element,
> use next() or prev() or parent() on element etc. to navigate through the DOM
> }
> });
>
> --
> Jörn Zaefferer
>
> http://bassistance.de
I guess you want everything before Principal? Try this instead:
errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
$(error).before("#Principal");
},
Untested though (I haven't used Jörn's plugin yet, but I think I know
how errorPlacement works).
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