The solution should be pretty straightforward. I'm trying to prevent the form from submitting properly when no value is found within the input boxes. Here's my JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/nArYa/7/
//Markup
<form action="" method="post" name="form" id="form">
<input type="text" placeholder="Your email*" name="email" id="email">
<input type="text" placeholder="Your name*" autocomplete=off name="name" id="user_name"
<button type="submit" id="signup" value="Sign me up!">Sign Up</button>
</form>
//jQuery
if ($.trim($("#email, #user_name").val()) === "") {
$('#form').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
alert('you did not fill out one of the fields');
})
}
As you can see in the JSFiddle, the problem is that when I type something into both fields, the alert box STILL pops up. I'm having a hard time figuring out why. Is there something wrong within my
if($.trim($"#email, #user_name").val()) === "") ?
Two things, #1 the check for empty fields should happen on every attempt of submit, #2 you need to check each field individually
$('#form').submit(function() {
if ($.trim($("#email").val()) === "" || $.trim($("#user_name").val()) === "") {
alert('you did not fill out one of the fields');
return false;
}
});
Updated fiddle
Your check occurs on page load. You need to check the field when the form is submitted.
$('#form').submit(function(e) {
if ($.trim($("#email, #user_name").val()) === "") {
e.preventDefault();
alert('you did not fill out one of the fields');
}
});
HTML5: use required in input tag
A boolean attribute.
Input field must be filled out before submitting the form.
Works with text, search, url, tel, email, password, date pickers, number, checkbox, radio, and file.
<input required type='text'...>
w3schools hint
I guess that this will help:
$('#form').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$("#email, #user_name").each(function(){
if($.trim(this.value) == ""){
alert('you did not fill out one of the fields');
} else {
// Submit
}
})
})
Put your if statement inside the callback:
$('#form').submit(function(e) {
if ($.trim($("#email").val()) === "" || $.trim($("#user_name").val())) {
e.preventDefault();
alert('you did not fill out one of the fields');
//You can return false here as well
}
});