errorClass in jquery validate plugin?

Question

I am using jquery validate plugin in my web application to validate forms for blank and other simple validations.

I am using below code to setup jquery validate plugin for my form, there is a erroClass option in it, where I have defined a CSS class name authError which I want to apply on error messages, but its applying the same class to INPUT box as well, I don't want to apply it in INPUT box, just want it for error message. Please check and help. Thanks!

$("#frmSignin").validate({
    debug: false,
    errorClass: "authError",
    errorElement: "span",
    rules: {
        username: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 10
        },
        password: {
            required: true  
        }
    },
    messages: {
        username: {
            required: "Please enter your username"
        },
        password: {
            required: "Please enter your password"
        }
    }
});

Answer 1

Thanks, for the tricks guys, but I instead found a better way by using the jQuery code only. There is a highlight event in validate plugin which is called when error occurred to highlight the error fields, I just removed the class form element when this event is called.

$("#frmSignin").validate({
    debug: false,
    errorClass: "authError",
    errorElement: "span",
    rules: {
        username: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 10
        },
        password: {
            required: true  
        }
    },
    messages: {
        username: {
            required: "Please enter your username"
        },
        password: {
            required: "Please enter your password"
        }
    },
    highlight: function(element, errorClass) {
        $(element).removeClass(errorClass);
    }
});

Answer 2

    $("#borrowerForm").validate({
        errorElement: 'span',
        errorElementClass: 'input-validation-error',
        errorClass: 'field-validation-error',
        errorPlacement: function(error, element) {},
        highlight: function(element, errorClass, validClass) {
            $(element).addClass(this.settings.errorElementClass).removeClass(errorClass);
        },
        unhighlight: function(element, errorClass, validClass) {
            $(element).removeClass(this.settings.errorElementClass).removeClass(errorClass);
        },
        onkeyup: false,
        errorPlacement: function (error, element) { error.insertAfter(element); }
    });

Answer 3

You should actually be just defining different classes for input and span ( span since errorElement is set to span, otherwise it will be label ), rather than removing the applied class

eg

span.authError {color:red;}

input.authError {border:1px dotted red;}

and not just .authError{} which will get applied to both input and span

Answer 4

In the jQuery validation plugin, the errorClass is both applied to the error message element (usually a <label> , but a <span> in your case) and to the validated element itself. Since you only want to style the error message element, you should write:

span.authError {
    // Your error element style.
}

Answer 5

Check this:

jQuery.validator.messages.required = "";
$('#frm-contact').validate({
    invalidHandler: function (e, validator) {
        var errors = validator.numberOfInvalids();
        if (errors) {
            var message = errors == 1
                    ? 'You missed 1 field. It has been highlighted below'
                    : 'You missed ' + errors + ' fields.  They have been highlighted below';
            $("div.error span").html(message);
            $("div.error").show();
        } else {
            $("div.error").hide();
        }
    },
    onkeyup: false,
    submitHandler: function () {
        $("div.error").hide();
        alert("submit! use link below to go to the other step");
    },
    highlight: function (element, required) {
        $(element).fadeOut(function () {
            $(element).fadeIn();
            $(element).css('border', '2px solid #FDADAF');
        });
    },
    unhighlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass) {
        $(element).css('border', '1px solid #CCC');
    }
});

Answer 6

If you want to give css for the error message. Then in place of using errorClass define css rule

label.error