Merge pull request #796 from bygiro/master

Added ignore field feature

Author: posabsolute

js/jquery.validationEngine.js

@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@
 				++$.validationEngine.fieldIdCounter;
 			}
 
+			if(field.hasClass(options.ignoreFieldsWithClass))
+				return false;
+				
            if (!options.validateNonVisibleFields && (field.is(":hidden") && !options.prettySelect || field.parent().is(":hidden")))
 				return false;
 
@@ -2014,8 +2017,10 @@
 		focusFirstField:true,
 		// Show prompts, set to false to disable prompts
 		showPrompts: true,
-       // Should we attempt to validate non-visible input fields contained in the form? (Useful in cases of tabbed containers, e.g. jQuery-UI tabs)
-       validateNonVisibleFields: false,
+		// Should we attempt to validate non-visible input fields contained in the form? (Useful in cases of tabbed containers, e.g. jQuery-UI tabs)
+		validateNonVisibleFields: false,
+		// ignore the validation for fields with this specific class (Useful in cases of tabbed containers AND hidden fields we don't want to validate)
+		ignoreFieldsWithClass: 'ignoreMe',	   
 		// Opening box position, possible locations are: topLeft,
 		// topRight, bottomLeft, centerRight, bottomRight, inline
 		// inline gets inserted after the validated field or into an element specified in data-prompt-target
@@ -2087,5 +2092,3 @@
 	}};
 	$(function(){$.validationEngine.defaults.promptPosition = methods.isRTL()?'topLeft':"topRight"});
 })(jQuery);
-
-