jQuery Required Star Plugin

Required Star plugin for jQuery inspired by GitHub Jobs pages. You can see a working demo at http://juno.github.com/jquery-requiredstar-plugin/.

Usage

Markup

<input name="name" type="text" class="required" />
<textarea name="comment" class="required"></textarea>

Code

$(function() {
  $('input, textarea').requiredStar();
});

CSS

input[type=text].required, input[type=password].required, textarea.required {
    background: white url(required_star.png) no-repeat 100% 50%;
}

textarea.required {
    background-position: 100% 0;
}

input[type=text].valid, input[type=password].valid, textarea.valid {
    background-image: none;
}

Notes

• Works in following browsers
  • Chrome 8
  • Firefox 3.6
  • Safari 5

Changelog

• v0.0.1 (Nov 17, 2010)
  • Initial release

License

This plugin is dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses, just like jQuery itself.

Credits

• Junya Ogura
• This plugin inspired by GitHub Jobs job posting form