From 33bf55d4fac4eeef1b2fae4b66385f65dd152ee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Talma <thiago@thiagomt.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 00:51:18 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Prefer to use the label field

---
 jquery.validation.js | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jquery.validation.js b/jquery.validation.js
index 40d93e6..d8974cd 100644
--- a/jquery.validation.js
+++ b/jquery.validation.js
@@ -504,10 +504,20 @@
                 return false;
             }
 
-            var value = _getInputValue(input),
+            var inputShortName;
+
+            if (options.submit.settings.inputContainer) {
+                inputShortName = $(input).closest(options.submit.settings.inputContainer).find('label').text();
+            }
+
+            if (!inputShortName) {
 
-                matches = inputName.replace(/]$/, '').split(/]\[|[[\]]/g),
-                inputShortName = matches[matches.length - 1],
+                var matches = inputName.replace(/]$/, '').split(/]\[|[[\]]/g);
+                inputShortName = matches[matches.length - 1];
+
+            }
+
+            var value = _getInputValue(input),
 
                 validationArray = $(input).attr(_data.validation),
                 validationMessage = $(input).attr(_data.validationMessage),