jquery.validate plugin - how to trim values before form validation

Question

I\'m using the excellent jquery.validation plugin by Jörn Zaefferer and I was wondering whether there\'s a easy way to automatically trim form elements before they are valid

Answer 1

I did this with success.

Instead of:

Email: { required: true, email: true }

I did this:

Email: {
    required: {
        depends:function(){
            $(this).val($.trim($(this).val()));
            return true;
        }
    },
    email: true
}