Closes #7304 - fix validation of required textarea

diff --git a/js/foundation.abide.js b/js/foundation.abide.js
index e32a7af7443b36e6137c48ea2dfd8912f0cd6db7..296ace5ca5024d39f70f097465d6c17d9d5970ec 100644 (file)
--- a/js/foundation.abide.js
+++ b/js/foundation.abide.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         }
         break;
       default:
-        if ($el.attr('required') && (!$el.val() || !$el.val().length || $el.is(':empty'))) {
+        if ($el.attr('required') && (!$el.val() || !$el.val().length)) {
           return false;
         } else {
           return true;