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jquery validate is not working with dynamic content

I use jquery to create tabs with new content. 

var tabCounter = 2,
tabTemplate = "<li><a href='#{href}'>#{label}</a> <span class='ui-icon ui-icon-    close'>Remove Tab</span></li>";
var tabs = $( "#tabs" ).tabs();
var tabContentHtml = $("#tabs-1").html();

Add new tabs when click button

$("#add_tab").click(function(){
    addTab();
});
function addTab() {
    var label = "Tab " + tabCounter,
        id = "tabs-" + tabCounter,
        li = $( tabTemplate.replace( /#\{href\}/g, "#" + id ).replace( /#\{label\}/g, label ) );

    tabs.find( ".ui-tabs-nav" ).append( li );
    tabs.append( "<div id='" + id + "'><p>" + tabContentHtml + "</p></div>" );
    tabs.tabs( "refresh" );
    tabCounter++;
}

Validate Form into tabs. It work with tabs-1 but not work with tabs-2

  $("#Form").validate({
           rules:{
                name: "required",
                   messages:{
                        name: "Please enter your name"
                   },
           errorElement: "div",            
                   wrapper: "div",           
           errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
                   offset = element.offset();
                   error.insertBefore(element)
                   error.addClass('message');  // add a class to the wrapper
                   error.css('position', 'absolute');
                   error.css('left', offset.left + element.outerWidth());
           },
           submitHandler: function(form) {
                   form.submit();
           }

    });

Code HTML

 <form id="Form" method="post" action="">       
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="#tabs-1">Visa 1</a> 
        <!-- <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-close">Remove Tab</span> -->
    </li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1">
    <table class="content-tabs">
        <tr class="fieldgroup">
            <td>Full Name</td>  
            <td><input type="text" class="txtName" name="name"></td>
        </tr>
                    <tr></td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="submit" /></td></tr>
            </table>
        </div>
     </div>
  </form>

How to validate content into tabs-2 ?

Sparky
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user1761176
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    You should probably accept some of the answers to your other questions, you may get a better response. – Laurence Nov 01 '12 at 02:17
  • And try this: http://xhalent.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/applying-unobtrusive-validation-to-dynamic-content/ – Laurence Nov 01 '12 at 02:18

2 Answers2

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When you add your new tab, you need to manually add rules to validate for the new content. The easiest way is probably to use the rules method of the validation plugin.

At the bottom of your addTab function, you would do something like this:

$('#'+id).find('input').rules('add',{
    required: true
});
Ryley
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0

The problem may be jquery is not aware of a dom update if you dont use live or on methods

try to put the validate method on an "on" click method like

$("#Form").on ('click',handler)

Please accept an answer as Laurence suggested

put like this

$("#Form").on("click", function(event){
      $(this).validate({
           rules:{
                name: "required",
                   messages:{
                        name: "Please enter your name"
                   },
           errorElement: "div",            
                   wrapper: "div",           
           errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
                   offset = element.offset();
                   error.insertBefore(element)
                   error.addClass('message');  // add a class to the wrapper
                   error.css('position', 'absolute');
                   error.css('left', offset.left + element.outerWidth());
           },
           submitHandler: function(form) {
                   form.submit();
           }

    });
});
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