Bootstrap with jQuery Validation Plugin

Question

I am trying to add validation to my form with jQuery Validation Plugin, but I'm having a problem where the plugin puts the error messages when I'm using input groups.

$('form').validate({
    rules: {
        firstname: {
            minlength: 3,
            maxlength: 15,
            required: true
        },
        lastname: {
            minlength: 3,
            maxlength: 15,
            required: true
        }
    },
    highlight: function(element) {
        $(element).closest('.form-group').addClass('has-error');
    },
    unhighlight: function(element) {
        $(element).closest('.form-group').removeClass('has-error');
    }
});

My code: http://jsfiddle.net/hTPY7/4/

Answer 1

for total compatibility with twitter bootstrap 3, I need to override some plugins methods:

// override jquery validate plugin defaults
$.validator.setDefaults({
    highlight: function(element) {
        $(element).closest('.form-group').addClass('has-error');
    },
    unhighlight: function(element) {
        $(element).closest('.form-group').removeClass('has-error');
    },
    errorElement: 'span',
    errorClass: 'help-block',
    errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
        if(element.parent('.input-group').length) {
            error.insertAfter(element.parent());
        } else {
            error.insertAfter(element);
        }
    }
});

See Example: http://jsfiddle.net/mapb_1990/hTPY7/7/