Jquery Validation plug-in custom error placement

Question

Using the jQuery Validation plug-in for the following form:

Answer 1

I'm using the metadata extension with the validator.. (note, I'm setting it to use the data-meta attribute on the markup...)

then in code...

jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
    errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
        error.appendTo($(
            $(element).metadata().errorLabel
        ));
    }
});

I've been using the metadata for a lot of similar functionality, which works rather nicely... note, I used the single ticks (apostrophes) around the meta data, this way you can use a JSON serializer server-side to inject into that portion of the tag (which should use double-quotes around strings)... a literal apos may be an issue though, (replace "'" with "\x27" in the string).