added inline form element errorMsg capability

[stevewasiura]

allows form element to have attribute that describes customized error message to display, overwriting default error msg

example: <input 
                data-validation="validate_email"
                data-validation-error-msg="use an email format of name@domain.com"
                type="text"
               >

inline attribute name is set in config section

validate and doValidate functions get that attr value, and if it exists, use it both onblur (each field separately) and onsubmit (whole form at once) methods

[victorjonsson]

Great!

[stevewasiura]

now I'm confused about the naming of this attribute.
should it be named
"data-error"
or the longer version
"data-validation-error-msg"
(the longer version uses your naming convention starting with word "validation")

your latest example 1.5 on your website seems to use "data-error" to have the effect of a custom inline error message.

i also noticed you use "data-help" as an attribute name.

is "data-error" a standard naming convention from other jQuery examples (or even HTML5 standards / conventions)?

which attribute name do you think we should use?

[victorjonsson]

Your 100% right, we should stick to one namespace. My bad, no excuses :)

I have now changed the attribute "data-help" to "data-validation-help", it's more descriptive as well.

The attribute "data-error" is a temporary attribute added by the validation function. After that the script has tested all values it will have a list with failed validations. If the list is empty everything is fine and the form gets posted. If the validation failed it will display the error messages, either in the top of the form or beside each input that has an invalid value. In the case where the error message should be displayed beside the input it will get the error message from the temporary attribute "data-error", created by the function during the validation procedure. Anyhow, there's no reason why we shouldn't use the namespace also in this case, I have therefor changed the temporary attribute name to "data-validation-current-error".

Release 1.5.1 will be pushed to github in a moment.

[stevewasiura]

Thanks for listening to my suggestions. This has been a great experience to work with someone smart but not arrogant.