Question

How to use jquery validation plugin for the rails form given below.

I want complete steps about how to make the it for different fields.

<%= form_for(@user) do |f| %>
 <div class="field">
  <%= f.label :firstname %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :firstname %>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <%= f.label :lastname %><br />
 <%= f.text_field :lastname %>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <%= f.label :mobile %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :mobile %>
</div>
<div class="field">
  <%= f.label :email %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :email %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
  <%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>

plz help me…

Answer 1

First include the jquery validation file in your layout. Then in rails form add class to validation required fields as <%= f.text_field :firstname, :class => “required” %>. Then write a method with form_id to trigger the validation. That is you have to give like

$(document).ready(function () { 
   $("your_form_id").validate();  
});