Added pseudo selector for text input types to fix issue with default empty type attribute. Added tests and some test markup. Fixes jquery-validation#217

Author: mlynch

jquery.validate.js

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ $.extend($.validator, {
 				}
 			}
 			$(this.currentForm)
-				.validateDelegate("[type='text'], [type='password'], [type='file'], select, textarea, " +
+				.validateDelegate(":text, [type='password'], [type='file'], select, textarea, " +
 					"[type='number'], [type='search'] ,[type='tel'], [type='url'], " +
 					"[type='email'], [type='datetime'], [type='date'], [type='month'], " +
 					"[type='week'], [type='time'], [type='datetime-local'], " +

test/index.html

@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
 			<input required type="text" name="testForm11Text" id="testForm11text1" />
 		</form>
 
+		<form id="testForm12">
+			<!-- empty "type" attribute -->
+			<input name="testForm12text" id="testForm12text" class="{required:true}" />
+		</form>
+
 		<div id="simplecontainer">
 			<h3></h3>
 		</div>

test/test.js

@@ -1177,6 +1177,20 @@ test("validate radio on click", function() {
 	errors(0);
 });
 
+test("validate input with no type attribute, defaulting to text", function() {
+	function errors(expected, message) {
+		equal(expected, v.size(), message );
+	}
+	var v = $("#testForm12").validate();
+	var e = $("#testForm12text");
+	errors(0);
+	e.valid();
+	errors(1);
+	e.val('test');
+	e.trigger('keyup');
+	errors(0);
+});
+
 test("ignore hidden elements", function(){
     var form = $('#userForm');
     var validate = form.validate({