JQuery Validate dynamically change ignore rule

Question

I have a simple validate block like this:

$("#myForm").validate({
     ignore: ":hidden"
});

When the user clicks a certain button, I would like to change that ignore rule to ignore: [] , then validate it and then switch back. I realize I could use classes instead but I want to know if there is a way around that.

Edit: It should be noted that ignore: [] is the proper way to do it when using .validate().

Also see this answer for proper implementation of ignore: '': stackoverflow.com/a/8565769/594235 — Sparky
– Sparky, Commented Apr 16, 2013 at 20:10

politus · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-16 19:09:21Z

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$('#myForm').validate().settings.ignore = "newIgnore";

The validate() method returns you a reference to the validator object you created with your original validate() call.

You can then call the property .settings.ignore

answered Apr 16, 2013 at 19:09

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Falantar014 Over a year ago

Thank you, I don't know how I wasn't able to find this myself.

Josh Sutterfield Over a year ago

@Falantar014 Probably because it's a needle in a haystack. I've just tried 50 different things that you'd expect to reset or "forget" the old ignore setting (including your extremely reasonable approach put forward in the question) . But nope, only this.

Scutterman Over a year ago

This is what I ended up doing after I found out validate() caches the validator the first time it's created and then ignores any new options passed to it in successive calls.

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