jQuery Validate Plugin: how to validate a dropdown

Question

I\'m trying to use the jQuery Validate plugin to validate a dropdown. It validates the rest of my form correctly. But it doesn\'t work on the dropdown.

Here is my jQue

Answer 1

If for some reason you can't set the value to blank like Spark said, you can just add your own JQuery validation function instead of the default required preset.

$.validator.addMethod("aFunction",
    function(value, element) {
        if (value == "none")
            return false;
        else
            return true;
    },
    "Please select a value");

$('#campaignForm').validate({
    rules: {
         campaign_name: {
             required: true
         },
         html_url: {
             aFunction: true
         }
    },
    messages: {
        campaign_name: 'Please enter a campaign name',
        html_url: 'Please select a template'
    }
});