Question

Say I have the following validation (using jQuery validation plugin) set up,

  var validator = $("#name_change_form").validate({
    rules: {
      first_name: {
        required: true,
        regex: true
      },
      last_name: {
        required: true,
        regex: true
      }           
          },
    message: {
      first_name: "Please enter your first name",
      last_name: "Please enter your last name"
    },
    success: function(label) {
      // display success
    },
    errorPlacement: function(error, element) {      
      // diplay error 
    }
  });

Given the variable validator, is there a way to figure out that it’s associated with form whose id = “name_change_form”?

Answer 1

The <form> element associated with the validator is available through its undocumented currentForm property:

var formId = validator.currentForm.id;  // "name_change_form"

Be careful though: again, this property is undocumented, so it might not exist anymore in future versions of the plugin.