I am working on a quite big CMS project and we want to use jquery.validate.js as our validation-framework.

I am using data-attributes to apply rules to my elements and I have a complete customised handling of the validate-Method. Everything works like a charm.

The only problem I have is if I want to apply dynamic rules, I run into some problems:

Let's say I have two text-inputs and a checkbox. Initially the first text-input is mandatory, if the checkbox is clicked the first text-input should not be mandatory anymore, instead the second text-input becomes mandatory.

The validation of this form is initialized by a default-initialiser - rules are applied by the data-attributes like so:

<input type="text" data-rule-required="true" name="text1" />

<input type="text" name="text2" />

<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" />

I am able to add rules to the elements, but I can't get rid of the default-rules, provided by the data-attributes (just like the documentation says, I know).

Still, I want to use this in a super dynamic way, at best handling all the functionality through data-attributes. I already have a complete implementation for this - the only thing that does not work is removing the "static" rules.

Does anyone have any idea how I can do that? Obviously I don't want to change the jquery.validate implemention itself! ;)

Thanks in advance!

Daniel