Error message not showing and hiding depending on if else statement

Question

I have a function that loops through all of the inputs of my form and checks if they are filled or not. If the field is blank, it makes that specific input pink and returns false.

I'm trying to add a "Field Required" message underneath the inputs that are not filled. So i coded an extra table row after each one, with a div that holds the error message. The css for the div is set to "display:none" on page load.

Right now my function is showing "required" for every input and not just the ones that are blank, but the pink coloring is still working correctly.

How do I get the "required" div to show and hide correctly like the pink coloring does?

checkinputs = function (blockOne,blockTwo) {
inputGood = true;
blOne = $(blockOne);
blTwo = $(blockTwo);
blInput = [blOne,blTwo];
for (x = 0; x < 2; x++) {
        var validators = blInput[x].find(" [id$='RequiredIndicator']").parent().parent('tr').find(':input:not(:hidden)');
        var notAllFilled = validators.filter(function(){
        var myInput = $(this); //.parent().parent('tr').find(':input');
        var filledVal = myInput.val();
        var isFilled = $.trim(filledVal).length;
            if (isFilled) {
                $(this).css('background-color', 'white');

                $(this).closest('div').find('.required').hide();

                $(this).parent('td').prev('td').find('span').text('*'); 
                }
            else {
            $(this).css('background-color', 'pink');

            $(this).closest('div').find('.required').show();

             $(this).parent('td').prev('td').find('span').text('*');            
            inputGood = false;  
            }
        return isFilled;
        }).length;
    var inputCount = validators.length;
};
    if( !inputGood ){
        $('#errorAlert').append('<span style="font-weight:bold;">"Some required    information is missing. Please complete the missing fields below."</span>' + '<br><br>');
        $('#errorAlertTwo').append('<span style="font-weight:bold;">"Some required credit card information is missing. Please complete the missing fields below."</span>' + '<br><br>');    
    }
    return inputGood;   
};

HERE IS A FIDDLE OF THE ISSUE: http://jsfiddle.net/RNMM7/

Answer 1

Your issue is almost definitely your line to show the div:

$(this).closest('div').find('.required').show();

What this line does is:

1. Starting at your $(this), it finds the nearest ancestor [including $(this)] that is a div, going up the DOM tree
2. Finds all elements with class 'required' under that div, and shows them.

Without seeing how your HTML is structured, my guess is that the nearest div element up the DOM tree encompasses all your .required elements. You'd need to replace the 'div' in that statement with an element lower in the DOM tree that would only encompass your $(this) and the one .required element you want to show.