Overriding form submit based on counting elements with jquery.each
- by MrGrigg
I am probably going about this all wrong, but here's what I'm trying to do:
I have a form that has approximately 50 select boxes that are generated dynamically based on some database info. I do not have control over the IDs of the text boxes, but I can add a class to each of them. Before the form is submitted, the user needs to select at least one item from the select box, but no more than four.
I'm a little bit sleepy, and I'm unfamiliar with jQuery overall, but I'm trying to override $("form").submit, and here's what I'm doing. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
$("form").submit(function() {
$('.sportsCoachedValidation').each(function() {
if ($('.sportsCoachedValidation :selected').text() != 'N/A') {
sportsSelected++
}
});
if (sportsSelected >= 1 && sportsSelected <= 4) {
return true;
}
else if (sportsSelected > 4) {
alert('You can only coach up to four sports.');
sportsSelected = 0;
return false;
}
else {
alert('Please select at least one coached sport.');
sportsSelected = 0;
return false;
}
});
