/*
 ---

 description: Monkey patching the Form.Validator to alter its behavior and extend it into doing more

 license: GNU GPLv3 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

 copyright: Copyright (C) 2007 - 2013 Johan Janssens and Timble CVBA. (http://www.timble.net)

 ...
 */

(function($){

    $.extend($.validator.prototype, {
        showLabel: function(element, message) {
            var label = this.errorsFor( element );

            if (label.length == 0) {
                var railsGenerated = $(element).next('span.help-inline');
                if (railsGenerated.length) {
                    railsGenerated.attr('for', this.idOrName(element));
                    railsGenerated.attr('generated', 'true');
                    label = railsGenerated;
                }
            }

            if (label.length) {
                // refresh error/success class
                label.removeClass(this.settings.validClass).addClass(this.settings.errorClass);
                // check if we have a generated label, replace the message then
                label.attr('generated') && label.html(message);
            } else {
                // create label
                label = $('<' + this.settings.errorElement + '/>')
                    .attr({'for':  this.idOrName(element), generated: true})
                    .addClass(this.settings.errorClass)
                    .addClass('help-block')
                    .html(message || '');
                if (this.settings.wrapper) {
                    // make sure the element is visible, even in IE
                    // actually showing the wrapped element is handled elsewhere
                    label = label.hide().show().wrap('<' + this.settings.wrapper + '/>').parent();
                }
                if (!this.labelContainer.append(label).length) {
                    this.settings.errorPlacement
                        ? this.settings.errorPlacement(label, $(element))
                        : label.insertAfter(element);
                }
            }
            if (!message && this.settings.success) {
                label.text('');
                typeof this.settings.success == 'string'
                    ? label.addClass(this.settings.success)
                    : this.settings.success(label);
            }
            this.toShow = this.toShow.add(label);
        }
    });

    /**

     Setting custom validator defaults to work with twitter bootstrap */
    $.extend($.validator.defaults, {
        errorClass: 'error',
        errorElement: 'span',
        highlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass) {
            if (element.type === 'radio') {
                this.findByName(element.name).closest('div.control-group').removeClass(validClass).addClass(errorClass);
            }else {
                $(element).closest('div.control-group').removeClass(validClass).addClass(errorClass);
            }
        },
        unhighlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass) {
            if (element.type === 'radio') {
                this.findByName(element.name).parent('div').parent('div').removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
            } else {
                $(element).closest('div.control-group').removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
                $(element).next('span.help-inline').text('');
            }
        },
        errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
            var $element      = $(element);
            var isInputAppend = ($element.parent('div.input-append').length > 0);
            if (isInputAppend) {
                appendElement = $element.next('span.add-on');
                error.insertAfter(appendElement);
            }else {
                // Insert it right out of input-group
                var parent = $element.parent();
                error.insertAfter(parent.hasClass('input-group') ? parent : $element);
            }
        }
    });

})(kQuery);
@@ -2540,20 +2540,17 @@
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Use p tags for error messages