There definitely is a space between button and id. That must have just
been a side effect of the email.
Unfortunately, like I said, javascript is not my strength. I don't
even know what a breakpoint is. I starting to think I'm just in over
my head.
On Jul 7, 12:03 am, Alletha McIntyre <amcint...@bigmate.com.au> wrote:
> It sounds like the validation is not attached to the click of the next button.
>
> If you stick a breakpoint in the "step" method - does it hit the breakpoint?
>
> Also - there is no space between "button" and "id" (<buttonid="btnNext1"
> value="Next" class="{step:'#step1control'}
>
> > nextbutton">Next</button>) in the html markup. This could cause jQuery to
> > not find the element with that id & then not run the method. (could also
> > just be an error in pasting it into the email??)
>
> Let me know!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Jon
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 July 2009 2:58 PM
> To: jQuery (English)
>
> Cc: Alletha McIntyre
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: trigger validation by input:button
>
> So I got the error to go away by using:
> var validator = $("#testForm").validate();
>
> But now the problem is that the button proceeds to the next step, even
> if there are errors. I can't get it to not display #step_2 when there
> are errors. It was suggested that I try using class="{required:true}
> on the input instead of class="required", but that didn't work. I
> don't fully understand what the added method is doing, but it seems to
> me like it's not being called or something. The statement "if
> (validator.element("#btnNext1"))" always comes out true, even when I
> tried explicitly setting "var isValid = false;" in the method. I've
> uploaded a test page:http://www.angelo.edu/webservices/validateTest.html.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> On Jul 6, 3:14 pm, Jon <jon.wil...@angelo.edu> wrote:
> > I have tried unsuccessfully to implement this solution, but I keep
> > getting the error:
>
> > validator is not defined
> > if (validator.element("#btnNext1")) {
>
> > Here is my code:
>
> > <head>
> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
> > <script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery/
> > jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
> > <script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/jquery/jquery-validate/
> > jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > $(document).ready(function(){
>
> > $.validator.addMethod("step", function(value, element, param) {
> > var isValid = true;
> > var elements = $(param).find(":input")
> > .not('input[type=hidden]')
> > .not(":submit, :reset, :image, :button, [disabled]");
> > alert(elements.length);
> > for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
> > if (!this.element(elements[i])){
> > isValid = false;
> > }
> > } return isValid;
>
> > }, "");
> > $("#testForm").validate();
> > $("#btnNext1").click(function() {
> > if (validator.element("#btnNext1")) {
> > $("#step_1").hide();
> > $("#step_2").show();
> > }
> > });
>
> > });
>
> > </script>
> > <title>Untitled Document</title>
> > </head>
>
> > <body>
> > <form id="testForm">
> > <div id="step_1">
> > <div id="step1control">
> > <input name="name" type="text" class="required" />
> > </div>
> > <buttonid="btnNext1" value="Next"
> > class="{step:'#step1control'}
> > nextbutton">Next</button>
> > </div>
> > <div id="step_2">
> > <p>Step 2</p>
> > </div>
> > </form>
> > </body>
>
> > On Jun 24, 12:56 am, Mac <amcint...@bigmate.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Matt
>
> > > I came across the same issue when I tried to create a wizard. I
> > > overcame this by doing the following:
>
> > > Write a validator extension that looks something like this and use the
> > > add method to add it:
>
> > > $.validator.addMethod("step", function(value, element, param) {
> > > var isValid = true;
> > > var elements = $(param).find(":input")
> > > .not('input[type=hidden]')
> > > .not(":submit, :reset, :image, :button, [disabled]");
> > > for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
> > > if (!this.element(elements[i])){
> > > isValid = false;
> > > }
> > > } return isValid;
>
> > > }, "");
>
> > > Attach this method to thebuttonitself and pass it the elementid as
> > > param like so:
> > > <buttonid="btnNext1" value="Next" class="{step:'#step1control'}
> > > nextbutton">Next</button>
> > > The step1control can be a div containing all the elements that you
> > > want tovalidate.
>
> > > Then you need to run some code in the click event of thebuttonto
> > > check thebutton( and thus the "step") is valid. eg:
> > > $("#btnNext1").click(function() {
> > > if (validator.element("#btnNext1")) {
> > > $("#step_1").hide();
> > > $("#step_2").show();
> > > }
> > > });
>
> > > I have created wizards like this with the validator plugin multiple
> > > times and seems to work okay!!Hope it helps!!
>
> > > On Jun 12, 3:58 pm, Matt <sean...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > I have been working on a big form and using jquery plug-in (wizard
> > > > form) to divide tit into small subforms. Now, I am trying to integrate
> > > > the Validation plugin to deal with the validation and come up with an
> > > > issue.
>
> > > > I run validation on subforms which contains two buttons(back, next).
> > > > Those 2 buttons are input:buttontype but not input:submit. I realise
> > > > the Validation plug-in would trigger the validation on submit event.
> > > > Is there any way I can modify the code so that it could handle my
> > > > requirement?
>
> > > > Having a look on the multipart demo which is the exact scenario I am
> > > > dealing with. However, the page below is not working. I tried on both
> > > > IE and FF.
>
> > > >http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/demo/multipart/
>
> > > > Please advise.
>
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Matt
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