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

You need to specify a name attribute on each input element for validator to pick it up:

<form action="#">
    <input type="text" id="name1" class="fileName" name="name1" />
    <input type="text" id="name2" class="fileName" name="name2"/>
    <input type="text" id="name3" class="fileName" name="name3"/>
    <input type="text" id="name4" class="fileName" name="name4"/>
</form>

Here's a working example: http://jsfiddle.net/Nbcj9/

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

what about:

$(".fileName").validate();