Show the specified messages.

Keys have to refer to the names of elements, values are displayed for those elements, using the configured error placement.

There is a repository of the error messages in many different languages. Browse it here

Arguments:

errors	Object<String, String>
One or more key/value pairs of input names and messages.

Examples:

Adds and shows error message programmatically.

var validator = $("#myform").validate();
validator.showErrors({"firstname": "I know that your firstname is Pete, Pete!"});

Name	Type