global disabling of livevalidation

README

@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ This plugin generates the needed Javascript code to run client-side the validati
     [etc ...]
     <% end %>
 
+You can disable live validation using '':live => false'', either for a given field:
+
+    <%= f.text_field :name, :live => false %>
+
+or for a whole validation:
+
+    validates_presence_of :name, :live => false
+
 == TODO
 
 * Support some lacking validations and options (mainly, <tt>validates_confirmation_of</tt>)

lib/live_validations.rb

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ def define_validations(validation_type, attr_names)
       end
 
       def add_live_validation(attr_name, type, configuration = {})
+        live = configuration.delete(:live)
+        live = true if live.nil?
+        return unless live
         @live_validations ||= {}
         @live_validations[attr_name] ||= {}
         @live_validations[attr_name][type] = configuration

test/form_helpers_test.rb

@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ def test_without_live
     check_form_item :type => 'text', :name => 'name'
   end
 
+  def test_without_live_global
+    Resource.class_eval do
+      validates_presence_of :name, :live => false
+    end
+    get :name
+    check_form_item :type => 'text', :name => 'name'
+  end
+
   def test_with_string
     Resource.class_eval do
       validates_presence_of :name