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Description
We had need in our project to conditionally add form validation based on workflow steps. We added this method to form module.add:
validation: function ( $field, rule ) {
var
identifier = $field.attr( 'id' ) || $field.attr( 'name' ) || $field.attr( 'data-' + metadata.validate ),
validator
;
if ( !validation || !$field.length) {
return false;
}
validator = validation[identifier];
if ( !validator ) { // no rules exist for field, create an empty rule set
validator = validation[identifier] = { 'identifier': identifier, 'rules': [] };
}
validator.rules.push( rule ); // add the rule
return true;
},
Which can be called like so $form.form( 'add validation', $field, { 'type': 'empty', 'prompt': 'This field must contain a value' } );