Not required but with rules….

[Andrew CooperParticipant]

I’ve got a form that has a text input field. The field isn’t required, so it can be blank. However, if it does have a value, then that value has to conform to certain rules. I have the current rule for the field defined…

{input: "#edit_text", message: "Text must be from 4-15 characters.", action: "keyup", rule: "length=4,15"}

I don’t have a “required” rule. However, when submitting the form it fails based on the the fact that the field has 0 characters. How do I set this up?

Andrew

[DimitarParticipant]

Hello Andrew,

Please try applying the following custom rule to your input:

$('#testForm').jqxValidator({ rules: [
    { input: '#userInput', message: 'The username should be blank or between 4 and 15 characters long!', action: 'keyup, blur', rule: function (input, commit) {
        var value = input.val();
        if (value == "" || (value.length >= 4 && value.length <= 15)) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
    }]
});

Best Regards,
Dimitar

jQWidgets team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[Andrew CooperParticipant]

That works perfectly. You are the man.

[Author]

Posts