var Script = function () { $.validator.setDefaults({ submitHandler: function() { alert("submitted!"); } }); $().ready(function() { // validate the comment form when it is submitted $("#commentForm").validate(); // validate signup form on keyup and submit $("#signupForm").validate({ rules: { firstname: "required", lastname: "required", username: { required: true, minlength: 2 }, password: { required: true, minlength: 5 }, confirm_password: { required: true, minlength: 5, equalTo: "#password" }, email: { required: true, email: true }, topic: { required: "#newsletter:checked", minlength: 2 }, agree: "required" }, messages: { firstname: "Please enter your firstname", lastname: "Please enter your lastname", username: { required: "Please enter a username", minlength: "Your username must consist of at least 2 characters" }, password: { required: "Please provide a password", minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long" }, confirm_password: { required: "Please provide a password", minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long", equalTo: "Please enter the same password as above" }, email: "Please enter a valid email address", agree: "Please accept our policy" } }); // propose username by combining first- and lastname $("#username").focus(function() { var firstname = $("#firstname").val(); var lastname = $("#lastname").val(); if(firstname && lastname && !this.value) { this.value = firstname + "." + lastname; } }); //code to hide topic selection, disable for demo var newsletter = $("#newsletter"); // newsletter topics are optional, hide at first var inital = newsletter.is(":checked"); var topics = $("#newsletter_topics")[inital ? "removeClass" : "addClass"]("gray"); var topicInputs = topics.find("input").attr("disabled", !inital); // show when newsletter is checked newsletter.click(function() { topics[this.checked ? "removeClass" : "addClass"]("gray"); topicInputs.attr("disabled", !this.checked); }); }); }();