JQuery validate plugin - can't validate classes

Question

I\'m trying to use the jQuery validate plugin to validate classes instead of ID\'s. Despite the many threads which seem close to answering this issue - I can\'t get any of t

Answer 1

According to the docs, this should work:

jQuery.validator.addClassRules('classNameHere', {
  required: true
});

Then you can determine whether the fields are valid by calling:

$('.fileName').valid();

Here's a link to the docs