I have read several of the other posts about this and still no go. Trying to keep it real simple. I need to validate sections of a form that are being hidden/shown in a jQuery accordion before final submit. I have been using jquery.validate.js
for a long time and as long as I validate on submit
all is good, but now when I try to validate on button click
it is not working.
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery().ready(function(){
var demo = $(".demo").accordion({
header: '.header',
event: false
});
var nextButtons = $([]);
$("h3.header", demo).each(function(index) {
nextButtons = nextButtons.add($(this)
.next()
.children(":button")
.filter(".next, .previous")
.click(function() {
demo.accordion("activate", index + ($(this).is(".next") ? 1 : -1))
}));
});
});
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(".next").click(function(){
$("#test").validate({
rules: {
name: "required", // simple rule, converted to {required:true}
email: {// compound rule
required: true,
email: true
},
comment: {
required: true
}
},
message: {
comment: "Please enter a comment."
}
});
});
</script>
<div class="demo">
<form action="#" method="post" id="test">
<fieldset>
<div id="accordion">
<h3 class="header"><a href="#">Section 1</a></h3>
<div class="sec1">
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" placeholder="Enter your
full name" class="required" />
<input type="button" class="next" value="NEXT" />
</div>
<h3 class="header"><a href="#">Section 2</a></h3>
<div class="sec2">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" id="email" placeholder="Enter
your email address" class="required" />
<input type="button" class="next" value="NEXT" />
<input type="button" class="previous" value="Previous"/>
</div>
<h3 class="header"><a href="#">Section 3</a></h3>
<div class="sec3">
<label for="message">Message:</label>
<textarea id="message" placeholder="What's on your
mind?" class="required"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send message" />
<input type="button" class="previous" value="Previous"/>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
</div><!-- End demo -->
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