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JQuery MultiPage form.. validation on each step

I have a form which is split up into sections using pagination on each tag. (See Fiddle)
I however have required fields in each section, I'd like to validate it so that fields with the "required" attribute must not be blank before the user moves on to the next section.
http://jsfiddle.net/Azxjt/
I've tried to following but don't think I'm on the right tracks:
$(this).closest("article > :input").each(function() {
if($(this).val == null) {
con = 0;
}
});
if ( con == 0 ) {
alert("All fields must be filled in");
}
else {
}
Your help is appreciated :)

Text input will return a black value if no response has been entered. Try the following
In jQuery, the value is returned by val()
$(this).val() == ""
You could possibly enhance your jQuery selector to test only those input elements with a corresponding required label.

Use each function.
var isEmpty;
$("input").each(function() {
var element = $(this);
if (element.val() == "") {
isEmpty= true;
}
});

Highlight empty select box after alert

I have a site using input:text, select and select multiple elements that generate a text output on button click.
Having searched SO, I found examples of validation code that will alert the user when a select field returns an empty value-
// alert if a select box selection is not made
var selectEls = document.querySelectorAll('select'),
numSelects = selectEls.length;
for(var x=0;x<numSelects;x++) {
if (selectEls[x].value === '') {
alert('One or more required fields does not have a choice selected... please check your form');
return false;
$(this).addClass("highlight");
}
At the end, I tried to add a condition after the alert is dismissed, such that the offending select box will be highlighted by adding the 'highlight' class - but this doesn't do anything. My .highlight css is {border: 1px red solid;}
Any help here?
UPDATED WITH ANSWER - Thanks #Adam Rackis
This code works perfectly. I added a line to remove any added '.highlight' class for selects that did not cause an error after fixing
// alert if a select box selection is not made
var selectEls = document.querySelectorAll('select'),
numSelects = selectEls.length;
$('select').removeClass("highlight");//added this to clear formatting when fixed after alert
var anyInvalid = false;
for(var x=0;x<numSelects;x++) {
if (selectEls[x].value === '') {
$(selectEls[x]).addClass("highlight");
anyInvalid = true;
}}
if (anyInvalid) {
alert('One or more required fields does not have a choice selected... please check your form');
return false;
}

You were close. In your loop, this does not refer to each select that you're checking.
Also, you're returning false prior to the highlight class being added. You'll probably want to keep track of whether any select's are invalid, and return false at the very end after you're done with all validation.
Finally, consider moving your alert to the very bottom, so your user won't see multiple alerts.
var anyInvalid = false;
for(var x=0;x<numSelects;x++) {
if (selectEls[x].value === '') {
$(selectEls[x]).addClass("highlight");
anyInvalid = true;
}
}
if (anyInvalid) {
alert('One or more required fields does not have a choice selected... please check your form');
return false;
}
Also, since you're already using jQuery, why not take advantage of its features a bit more:
$('select').each(function(i, sel){
if (sel.value === '') {
$(el).addClass("highlight");
anyInvalid = true;
}
});
if (anyInvalid) {
alert('One or more required fields does not have a choice selected... please check your form');
return false;
}

jquery check values in form

I have two inputs where I am checking to make sure that they are not empty before the form submits.
My issue is that it only validates #from_date. Is the issue that .val will only check the last id in the list?
$('#submitDates').click(function () {
// Get the fields you want to validate
var name = $("#to_date, #from_date");
// Check if field is empty or not
if (name.val()=='') {
alert ('Please Select Dates')
return false;
} ;
});
});

Any specific reason you're hooking on .click and not .submit?
You can iterate through the selected elements and check for a violating element using .each
var found = false;
$("#to_date, #from_date").each(function(i,name){
// Check if field is empty or not
if (!found && $(name).val()=='') {
alert ('Please Select Dates')
found = true;
} ;
});
return !found;

In your example var name = $("#to_date, #from_date"); is giving you a collection of two inputs and by doing if (name.val()=='') jQuery is checking only the first element in the collection, so it's not working. You may try this
$('#submitDates').click(function () {
var name = $("#to_date, #from_date");
if ( name[0].value == '' || name[1].value == '' ) {
alert ('Please Select Dates');
return false;
}
});
In the above example name[0].value refers to the first element and name[1].value refers to the second element. If you want to use jQuery's val() method then you can use it like $(name[0]).val() and $(name[1]).val().
Also you should consider to use submit event of the form instead of button's click event.

How do I check if value is empty?

I have a few select menus that include blank options. When both are blank (usually on the first page load), I would like to show some hidden div.
This is what I have:
$('.variant_options select').each(function() {
if ($(this).attr('value') === '') {
// some code here to show hidden div
console.log("No options chosen");
}
});
This doesn't seem to work.
Edit 1
For what it's worth, I have tried something like this:
if (!$(this).attr('value'))
And that has seemed to work, but it breaks functionality elsewhere.

<select> elements don't have a value attribute, so you need to use .val() on the element to find out if the currently selected option is empty.
if ($(this).val() === '') {
// value of select box is empty
}
this.value === '' should also work
To check whether no options are selected:
if (this.selectedIndex == 0) {
// no option is selected
}

You can do so by using the following:
if($(this).val() === '') {
// value is empty
}
I believe also the following too:
if(!$(this).prop('value')) {
// It's empty
}

You can simply do this:
$('.variant_options select').each(function () {
if ($.trim($(this).val()) === '') {
// some code here...
}
});

jQuery can check for value by using $(this).val()
So you would do if ($(this).val === '')`
If you wanted to check for some other attribute, like href or src, you could do
if ($(this).attr('href') === ''

In case if you have spaces, use this trick:
if ($.trim($(this).val()) === '') { ...

If statement returns true if first selector of type returns true

The following is some code for making sure people can't submit if the value of an input with the attribute data-fill="fill" is equal to ''. My problem is that it checks the IF statement from first to last input. This means that if the first input has a value, the form will submit; if the first two inputs are filled, it will submit and so forth... If the first input isn't filled, it works fine for the other inputs. Is it possible to ensure that it checks all inputs before returning true or false?
$('form').submit(function() {
var input = $('input, textarea');
if (input.data('fill') == 'fill' && input.val() == '') {
return false;
}
});
I know I can solve this problem by targeting each input individually with "else if", but that just seems like the wrong way to do it.

To consider all of the input values use the each method.
$('form').submit(function() {
var allFilled = true;
$('input, textarea').each(function () {
if ($(this).data('fill') === 'fill' && $(this).val() === '') {
allFilled = false;
}
});
return allFilled;
});