Have problem with fancybox and jquery validate plugin when form is in fancybox container.
For examle (inline): html:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){ $.fancybox('
<form class="myform">
<input type="text" name="email" class="email" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
');
})
</script>
js file:
$(".myform").validate(
{
rules: {
email: "required",
email: "email"
}
}
);
How to make jquery validation pluging to work in fancybox?
Do two things...
Use the afterLoad
FancyBox callback function to initialize .validate()
immediately after the form is loaded.
Put the content for FancyBox in a hidden div
instead of in your jQuery. It's cleaner.
Note: You may want to reconsider using email
for the name
attribute. It has potential to cause great confusion since the rule is also called email
.
HTML:
<a id="test" href="#inline">Test</a>
<div style="display:none" id="inline">
<form class="myform">
<input type="text" name="email" class="email" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
</div>
jQuery:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#test').fancybox({
afterLoad: function() {
$('.myform').validate({
// rules and options for validate plugin,
rules: {
email: { // "email" is name of the field
required: true,
email: true // "email" is name of the rule
}
}
});
}
});
});
Working DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/ZMEEW/