Required selects are validating when they haven't been selected

[lukegalea]

We're using both Model binding and backbone.validation.

For all other fields, when changing an empty field it appears to trigger validation only for that element.. But we have a bunch of s with placeholders (value=""). These all instantly trigger validation failures even though they have not been edited. To make matters worse, when submitting the form - even the the selects that have a value are triggering the "required" validation. Do not work at all?

[thedersen]

Sorry for the late reply. I use it with selects all the time, and have not encountered any issue. Do your selects have unique names? I suspect this has more to do with the modelbinding than the validation..

[thedersen]

Not able to re-produce..

[luaz]

If the select box html code doesn't have a default empty value option, the 1st option value is selected by default. I believe the 1st value is "not actually selected", thus it will trigger a required validation. If you change the value by clicking on the select box, the required validation go away.

I suggest you do the either of the following:

1. create a empty value option as default, thus forcing the user to click the select box to select a value
2. or manually set the model's select attribute to a value before showing the form

[thedersen]

Ahh, ok

I use the same strategies as you suggest, and it works great.

Thanks!