jquery validation only for visible controls

I am using jquery validation for required field vaidation.

$("#registerform").validate();

This fires for the controls which are hidden too.

For ex.: When the user selects Others option in How you find us? in register form, its required to fill the textbo开发者_运维问答x for others option.

But this fires even when the control is hidden.

How to do it in jquery validation?

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I haven't used the jQuery validation before but according to the doco there's an ignore field that you can pass a jQuery selector to. By using the :visible selector you should be able to do this.

I believe this is what you're after

$("#registerform").validate({ignore:":not(:visible)"});

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You may try to add :visible to the selector itself:

$("#registerform :visible")

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Please also try this way

 if ($(#registerform).is(":visible")) {
      $(#registerform).validate();
  }