jQuery Validation - Hide Error Message

Question

I'm using the jQuery Validation plugin and want to disable the or element/container it creates to display the error 'message'.

Basically, I want the input element with the error to have the error class but NOT create an additional element containing the error message.

Is this possible?

I have just thought of a CSS workaround, but it doesn't really fix the fact that the element is still being created?

<style> label.simpleValidationError {display: none !important; } </style> 

Answer 1

Use the Validator errorPlacement option with an empty function:

$("selector").validate({ errorPlacement: function(error, element) {} }); 

This effectively places the error messages nowhere.

Answer 2

You can also use this code:

jQuery.validator.messages.required = "";  $("selector").validate();