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

This is how I do it. Just put $.validator.messages.required = ''; before your call to initialise validate() i.e.:

$.validator.messages.required = '';
$('#formData').validate({});`

This will make it show the styles on the inputs, but no message labels!