#157: Added support for element outside of form using the selector option

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * [#106](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/issues/106): Prevent the ```validate()``` method from submit the form automatically. So we can call ```validate()``` to validate the form
 * [#131](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/issues/131): Doesn't trigger validation on the first focus
 * [#145](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/issues/145): The row state is now only marked as success if all fields on it are valid
+* [#157](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/issues/157): Added support for element outside of form using the ```selector``` option
 * [#162](https://github.com/nghuuphuoc/bootstrapvalidator/pull/162): Fix errors in IE 8, thanks to [@adgrafik](https://github.com/adgrafik)
 
 ## v0.4.0 (2014-04-03)

dist/js/bootstrapValidator.js

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
          * @returns {null|jQuery[]}
          */
         getFieldElements: function(field) {
-            var fields = this.$form.find(this.options.fields[field].selector || '[name="' + field + '"]');
+            var fields = this.options.fields[field].selector ? $(this.options.fields[field].selector) : this.$form.find('[name="' + field + '"]');
             return (fields.length == 0) ? null : fields;
         },
 

src/js/bootstrapValidator.js

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
          * @returns {null|jQuery[]}
          */
         getFieldElements: function(field) {
-            var fields = this.$form.find(this.options.fields[field].selector || '[name="' + field + '"]');
+            var fields = this.options.fields[field].selector ? $(this.options.fields[field].selector) : this.$form.find('[name="' + field + '"]');
             return (fields.length == 0) ? null : fields;
         },