jQuery - Getting custom validation methods to trigger

If I've added a custom validation method to my form, how can I get it to trigger prior to submit?

I'm not decorating my form fields but I thought that adding the new method to my rules section would trigger the method but it doesn't work.

$.validator.addMethod('myCustomValidation', function (data)
{
   // do some work here 
   return myValidationResult;

}, 'Please respond.');


$("#myFormId").validate({        
    rules: {
         "myCustomValidation": {required: true}
    },
    messages: {
       "myCustomValidation": {
           required: "Enter some information before proceeding",        
        }
    },
    submitHandler: function(form)
    {
        // do the work to submit this form
    }
});

I'd like have the validation get triggered when the 'submit' button is pressed.

However, if I add the validation cla开发者_开发百科ss name to any form field except the submit button, this rule gets triggered. Just can't seem to get it to be triggered just prior to submit..

I haven't used the addMethod function but I can suggest you this:

$.validator.methods.myCustomValidation = function(value, element, param) {
    // Perform custom validation and return true or false
    return value === '' || /^([0-9]{10})$/.test(value);
};


$("#myFormId").validate({        
    rules: {
        myElement: { 
            myCustomValidation: true 
        }
    },
    messages: {
        myElement: { 
            myCustomValidation: "Enter some information before proceeding" 
        }
    },
    submitHandler: function(form)
    {
        // do the work to submit this form
    }
});

wrap your code in:

$(function(){
   //your code goes here
});

this will attach validation events on-page-load.

Call .valid() to trigger the validation:

$("#myFormId").valid();

I think you're looking for addClassRules

$.validator.addMethod('myCustomValidation', function (data)
{
   // do some work here 
   return myValidationResult;

}, 'Please respond.');

$.validator.addClassRules({
  myCustomValidation: { myCustomValidation: true, required: true }
});

$("#myFormId").validate({        
    messages: {
       "myCustomValidation": {
           required: "Enter some information before proceeding",        
        }
    },
    submitHandler: function(form)
    {
        // do the work to submit this form
    }
});

You are missing something. rules should look like this.

rules: {
    "elemId": {
        required: true,
        myCustomValidation: true
     }
},

I recommend using the native $.validator.addMethod to bind the custom method. After that, just call jquery's blur() on the element to trigger validation.

Due to a race condition that I suspect exists in jQuery Validate, I had to spin wait in order to avoid getting a blank error message when I programmatically invoke validation

            //after binding custom validation method
           if($("#myElement").length){//add any checks you need
                var millisecondsToWait = 500;
                //Spin because it works
                setTimeout(function() {
                    $("#myElement").blur();
                    //$("#myElement").valid();//or this
                }, millisecondsToWait);