[Solved] ignore class not being applied in JQuery validation

[Jon Baron]

Hey all.

So I have a tabstip, loading content via AJAX (LoadContentFrom) and want to use JQuery validation. My validation must be dynamic, so I have all fields set to required via the annotation attribute. and Use the below function to 'ignore' the fields that shouldn't be required at the specific moment:

// Ignore those fields we don't want to validate
    $(function () {
        var settngs = $.data($('#tbTab2')[0], 'validator').settings;
        settngs.ignore = ".ignore1";
    });

This works exactly as intended on another tab, within the same tab strip. Unfortunately on another, with exact same coding, the validation always fires. ie, the fields are not 'ignored'. I've done an alert(settngs) and the validator object is there, and is not null.

Could really use some help on this one!

Thanks :)

[Jon Baron]

Hmm, well using:

jQuery.validator.defaults.ignore = ".ignore1";

Instead in the above function seems to have moved somewhat further but not all the way.

[Daniel]

Hello Jon,

Setting the default options needs to be done before the validator is initialized in order for them to be applied. The approach to set the settings on the form validator object looks correct. Could you provide the full code you are using or a small runnable sample which demonstrates the problem so I can check the exact setup?

Regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team