jQuery Validate - Hide display validation error messages / show custom errors

Question

I\'m using jQuery Validate, but I really don\'t want to have any error messages whatsoever. Rather, I need to have red boxes around offending inputs/selects/etc. These red b

Answer 1

You can override the showErrors function:

jQuery('form').validate({
    showErrors: function(errorMap, errorList) {
        // Do nothing here
    },
    onfocusout: false,
    onkeyup: false,
    rules: {
        email: {
            required: true
        }
    },
    messages: {
        email: {
            required: 'The email is required'
        }
    }
});