You can add validation rules to your meta box to specify features for individual fields, including whether or not a field is required. Notice the code in the demo file here: https://github.com/rilwis/meta-box/blob/d3d89945e60c464b9a6b9ecf5fcebcffe9782012/demo/demo.php#L130
Hi Manny,
Thanks for your response.
I did notice that validation example, but it seems to be for adding a password.
I am more looking for simply a “required” setting.
Is there an example anywhere of how to do that?
The validation example I linked does show how to do a required field. Look at line 140
Please look at the context of that line:
Line 137: // optional override of default jquery.validate messages
Line 140: ‘required’ => __( ‘Password is required’, ‘your-prefix’ ),
In other words line 140 specifies text to over-ride the standard text associated with the password.
Furthermore, the above lines are a subset of:
‘rules’ => array(
“{$prefix}password” => array(
‘required’ => true,
‘minlength’ => 7,
Which specifies a password, and has nothing to do with specifying a “required” setting.
Just because you see “required” a bunch of times in some code does not mean it has anything to do with setting a “required” validation to a field.
Furthermore, there is nothing I can find in that whole file that has anything to do with setting “required”.
Sorry, wrong line of code. password is the name of one of the fields. I’ve editted the code to make more sense:
'validation' => array(
'rules' => array(
"myfavecolor" => array(
'required' => true,
),
),
// optional override of default jquery.validate messages
'messages' => array(
"myfavecolor" => array(
'required' => __( 'Field is required', 'your-prefix' ),
),
)
)
The validation code creates a rule that makes the field of name myfavcolor required. The messages part is the message that is displayed if the user leaves the field blank
