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user1597002
user1597002

Reputation:

jquery validator plugin with display:none form elements

I'm using the validator plugin found here to validate a form.

Problem I'm having is if I put the following around a form input element the validation fails:

<div style="display:none;"><input type="text" name="test" /></div>

I need this because I'm using other UI control layers for the input elements and don't want them visible.

It works on inline and block elements, but I need it to be hidden. Is there anyway to get around this?

Thanks for any feedback

Update:

I'm mostly validating select option fields, with django (ie: {{form.select_option_element}} )

So effectively:

<div style="display:none;">
    {{form.select_option_element}}
</div>

...doesn't work

Right after posting I seem to solve it with:

<div style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;">
     {{form.select_option_element}}
</div>

It then allows me to validate the field.

Upvotes: 27

Views: 37295

Answers (5)

Caike Bispo
Caike Bispo

Reputation: 121

Another form to solve this problem is changing the display: none to visibility: hidden.

Eg: <input type="text" name="test" value="" style="visibility: hidden;" />

Upvotes: 0

dSquared
dSquared

Reputation: 9825

From the 1.9.0 Change Log of jQuery Validate:

  • Fixed #189 - :hidden elements are now ignored by default

To turn it back on simply do the following:

$(document).ready(function(){    
    $.validator.setDefaults({
        ignore: []
    });
});

Make sure that this appears before you call the actual validation plugin in your code.

I hope this helps!

Upvotes: 59

vladimir
vladimir

Reputation: 15226

I like the answer of @dSquared but unfortunately 'ignore'-property will be reseted for every form's validator on page. In some cases it doesnt need.

I use this way:

$(document).ready(function () {

    var $form = $("#some-form");

    $form.validate().settings.ignore = []; // ! Say to validator dont ignore hidden-elements on concrete form.

    $('#button-send').click(function () {
        if ($form.valid()) { .. }
    });

    // !! apply plugin's initializers which will hide origin elements (it can be CLEditor or Choosen plugins)
});

Upvotes: 4

prakashpoudel
prakashpoudel

Reputation: 577

There are two things you can do.

1) you can statically set value, which does not fail validation, for this input field like

<div style="display:none;"><input type="text" name="test" value="default" /></div>

2) If you want to neglate this value in your validation method.

I would appreciate if you could provide more detail code.

Upvotes: 0

rafiki_rafi
rafiki_rafi

Reputation: 1237

Have you tried adding the style attribute to the input element? So instead of wrapping it with a div, try:

<input type="text" name="test" value="" style="display: none;" />

Upvotes: 1

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