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jquery.validate.js

@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ $.extend($.validator, {
 		equalTo: function( value, element, param ) {
 			// bind to the blur event of the target in order to revalidate whenever the target field is updated
 			// TODO find a way to bind the event just once, avoiding the unbind-rebind overhead
-			var target = $(param);
+			var target = $(param, element.form);
 			if ( this.settings.onfocusout ) {
 				target.unbind(".validate-equalTo").bind("blur.validate-equalTo", function() {
 					$(element).valid();

test/index.html

@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
 			<input data-rule-equalto="#x1" value="y" name="x2" id="x2" />
 		</form>
 
+		<form id="testForm5_1">
+			<input data-rule-equalto="[name=x2]" value="x" name="x1" />
+			<input data-rule-equalto="[name=x1]" value="y" name="x2" />
+		</form>
+
 		<form id="testForm6">
 			<input data-rule-required="true" data-rule-minlength="2" type="checkbox" name="check" id="form6check1" />
 			<input type="checkbox" name="check" id="form6check2" />
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ <h3></h3>
 			<input type="text" name="text2" value="T " id="text1c"/>
 			<input type="text" name="text2" value="T" id="text2"/>
 			<input type="text" name="text2" value="TestTestTest" id="text3"/>
+			<input type="text" name="text3" value="T"/>
 
 			<input type="text" name="action" value="0" id="value1"/>
 			<input type="text" name="text2" value="10" id="value2"/>

test/methods.js

@@ -333,9 +333,10 @@ test("range", function() {
 test("equalTo", function() {
 	var v = jQuery("#form").validate();
 	var method = $.validator.methods.equalTo,
-		e = $('#text1, #text2');
+		e = $('#text1, #text2, #form input[name=text3]');
 	ok( method.call( v, "Test", e[0], "#text1"), "Text input" );
 	ok( method.call( v, "T", e[1], "#text2"), "Another one" );
+	ok( method.call( v, "T", e[2], "input[name=text3]"), "Find by name" );
 });
 
 test("creditcard", function() {

test/test.js

@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ test("form(): with equalTo", function() {
 	ok( v.form(), 'Valid form' );
 });
 
+test("form(): with equalTo and selectors by name", function() {
+	expect( 2 );
+	var form = $('#testForm5_1')[0];
+	var v = $(form).validate();
+	console.log("v.form=" + v.form());
+	ok( !v.form(), 'Invalid form' );
+	$('[name=x1], [name=x2]', form).val("hi");
+	ok( v.form(), 'Valid form' );
+});
+
 test("form(): with equalTo and onfocusout=false", function() {
 	expect( 4 );
 	var form = $('#testForm5')[0];