Question

I am trying to ignore a “remote” validation property for a form using jQuery validation plugin, so I can enable it when the form is submitted instead of an onBlur of a field. I have the following code, but am getting a syntax error. How can I fix it?

$(document).ready(function() 
{ 
        $("#checkNameForm").validate( {
        "onkeyup":false,
        "rules":{
            "Name":{
                "required":true,
                "minlength":5,
                "maxlength":10,
                "remote":"\/abc\/def\/checkname"
            }
        },
        "messages":{
            "Name":{
                "required":"Please enter a Name.",
                "remote":"Name is already in use."
            }
        },
        "ignore":"input[
            remote
        ]   ",
        success:function(label) {
             label.addClass("success"); 
        },
        "validClass":"success"
    } ); 
});

Answer 1

Having line breaks inside of the ignore option is the issue:

jsFiddle

$(document).ready(function() 
{ 
        $("#checkNameForm").validate( {
        onkeyup: false,
        rules: {
            "Name": {
                "required":true,
                "minlength":5,
                "maxlength":10,
                "remote":"\/abc\/def\/checkname"
            }
        },
        messages: {
            "Name": {
                "required":"Please enter a Name.",
                "remote":"Name is already in use."
            }
        },
        ignore: "input[remote]",
        success: function(label) {
            label.addClass("success"); 
        },
        "validClass":"success"
    } ); 
});