How do I add a function to an element via jQuery?
- by Chad Johnson
I want to do something like this:
$('.dynamicHtmlForm').validate = function() {
return true;
}
$('.dynamicHtmlForm .saveButton').click(function() {
if (!$(this).closest('.dynamicHtmlForm').validate()) {
return false;
}
return true;
});
And then when I have a form of class dynamicHtmlForm, I want to be able to provide a custom validate() function:
$('#myDynamicHtmlForm').validate = function() {
// do some validation
if (there are errors) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
But I get this when I do this:
$(this).closest(".dynamicHtmlForm").validate is not a function
Is what I've described even possible? If so, what am I doing wrong?
