jquery validator plugin with display:none form elements

Question

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.

Puri

Please don't place the accepted answer within your question. Questions and answers should be kept separate. – Vharat

no problem, not used to the place yet – Puri

possible duplicate of jQuery Validate - Enable validation for hidden fields – Petulancy

Answer 1

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!

Vharat

ah, thank you. That works quite nicely. I will use this instead. – Puri

Why an empty array, not an empty string? – Beastings

Answer 2

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)
});

Saddlebow

Answer 3

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;" />

Tourney

Nevermind, blanked out for a minute. Here is how I solved it: <div style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <input type="text" name="test" /> </div> – Puri

I'm using django ModelForms, I forgot to mention I mostly validating select option list. – Puri

Answer 4

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.

Fromenty

What I mean is that the validator doesn't even recognize the field, not the validation process itself. – Puri

Well I saw the way you fixed it. Anyway good to see u got the solution. – Fromenty

Answer 5

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

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

Wireworm