Can't validate multiple checkboxes

[signwave]

Hi Folks,

I am using jquery.validate.js and can’t seem to validate if one of several checkboxes has been checked. I’ve read through other posts and tried multiple variations and nothing seems to work. I would be grateful for any help. Here is my code.

 <form action="pre-checkout-test.asp" method="post" name="myForm">
<input name="myCheckBox[]" type="checkbox" value="AA"  />Option AA <br />
<input name="myCheckBox[]" type="checkbox" value="BB"  />Option BB <br />
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>


<script> 
$('#myForm').validate({
rules: {
"myCheckBox[]": {
                required: true,
                minlength: 1
            }
}});
</script>

[WolfShade]

If you didn’t use preformatted option when posting code, it disappears from view.

Edit your post, highlight the code, and click the button at the top of the editor that looks like </> to mark as code.

HTH,

UPDATE: I don’t use jQuery validation… ever. I always build my own. If the checkboxes have the same name (not ID, those have to be unique for each element), and let’s say the name is “thisChkbx”:

chkbx = document.forms["formNameHere"].thisChkbx;
var tot = 0, i;
for(i=0; i < chkbx.length; i++){
  if(chkbx[i].checked === true){
    tot++;
    }
  }
if(tot === 0){ alert("Hey!  Check at least ONE checkbox."); return false; }

[signwave]

Thanks WolfShade

[WolfShade]

Upon a cursory glance at your code, I do not see anything that is actually triggering the validation. Then, again, I don’t use jQuery validation, so the trigger may be something automatic.

If it isn’t automatic, then you can use a bind to activate upon submit… something like:

$('#myForm').on('submit', function(){
// something like the code I suggested
});

V/r,

[signwave]

I appreciate your quick response, WolfShade. I have a big honking form with dozens of elements - so I was hoping jquery.validate.js would save some time. Guess there’s no substitute for doing it yourself

[WolfShade]

@signwave

Guess there’s no substitute for doing it yourself

That is something I have believed for a long time. But, then, I can be a little OCD, sometimes. Control freak. Plus there is just something SATISFYING about getting elbow-deep in code making a customized validation.

V/r,