Merge pull request #34 from QuickBase/skip_rule_checking_for_empty_non_required_fields

Skip rule checking for empty non required fields

Author: perscrew

index.js

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ export default class ValidationComponent extends Component {
 
   // Method to check rules on a spefific field
   _checkRules(fieldName, rules, value) {
+    if (!value && !rules.required ) { 
+      return; // if value is empty AND its not required by the rules, no need to check any other rules
+    }
     for (const key of Object.keys(rules)) {
       const isRuleFn = (typeof this.rules[key] == "function");
       const isRegExp = (this.rules[key] instanceof RegExp);