Luc,
Hi Jörn,
I'd like to use your plugin, and I was up to a point, but the problem I'm
having is three-fold. I'm sure it can be solved with your plugin, and I'd love
to know how;
Ideally I'd like an example to get me started - assuming a select dropdown (#jobtype)
with two options ('a', 'b') hiding/showing two relevant <div>s (#div-a #div-b)
with a text field in each, what do I need in order for the input in #div-b to NOT be
required when #div-a is shown, and #div-b is hidden?
I'm sure it's possible, but it's not documented as I need it on your site.
there are two example available that show how to build depdencies
(second and third example jQuery.validator.methods.required):
http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/plugins.html#jQueryvalidatormethodsrequiredStringElementBooleanStringFunction
From what you describe, this should be enough:
//on input in div-a
{required:'#div-a:visible'}
//on input in div-b
{required:'#div-b:visible'}
Of course you can switch that:
//on input in div-a
{required:'#div-b:hidden'}
//on input in div-b
{required:'#div-a:hidden'}
That's it. Just provide a selector using jQuery's expression
capabilites. The plugin itself adds ':blank' and ':filled' to check for
filled or blank fields (trimming whitespace).
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Jörn Zaefferer
http://bassistance.de
