Question

I am just starting with jquery.validation and like it. One reference I felt specifically helpful when trying to understand the big picture is http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Reference#Markup_recommendations. One part I didn’t understand is why labels need to be associated with each input. Yes, I understand that labels are created to display error hints, however, these are different labels. I couldn’t detect any change on the label tag, and it works fine without it. Anyone know why? Thanks

Each input has a label associated with it: The for-attribute of the label refers to the id-attribute of the input.

<label for="firstname">Firstname</label><input id="firstname" name="fname" />

Answer 1

In this case labelis actually HTML element that adds usability improvement for mouse users where if user clicks on the text within the element, it toggles the control.

In HTML label is an optional element, That means you don’t need to provide label for each input