From c302d901a2cf9f036d08b98eb9bb47e147a6b40f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Ballou <ballouc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:06:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Modified `FormValidator.prototype._validateField()` to
 support allowing custom messaging on a per field/rule basis. For instance,
 you can now use the following syntax to target applying a unique validation
 error messaging to the field `fieldName` when it fails `required`:

```js
// initiate validator with single required rule
var validator = new FormValidator(
    'form-identifier',
        { name: 'fieldName', display: 'your field name', rules:
	'required' },
	    function(errors, evt) { }
	    );

	    // set custom error message display for fieldName input
	    // field and required rule
	    validator.setMessage('fieldName.required', 'This field is
	    required, yo');
	    ```

	    When using `setMessage()`, the newly supported format is
	    `fieldName`.`validationRule`. This allows you to uniquely
	    target individual field/rule combos for error messaging.
	    Very useful if you want to give more instruction/detail to a
	    user.

	    This scratches my itch for overriding messaging on a low
	    level. Hope others find this helpful!
---
 validate.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/validate.js b/validate.js
index be82c1b..95bc22c 100755
--- a/validate.js
+++ b/validate.js
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 
             if (failed) {
                 // Make sure we have a message for this rule
-                var source = this.messages[method] || defaults.messages[method],
+                var source = this.messages[field.name + '.' + method] || this.messages[method] || defaults.messages[method],
                     message = 'An error has occurred with the ' + field.display + ' field.';
 
                 if (source) {