Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/html/settings.js
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/html/settings.js	(revision 12253)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/html/settings.js	(working copy)
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
 
 new Event.observe(window, 'load', function(){
 	// add event handlers to all fields which have a validator
-	[%- FOREACH item = validate %]
-	new Event.observe('[% item %]', 'blur', function(){ prefValidate($('[% item %]')); } );
-	[%- END %]
+	[%- FOREACH pref = validate; IF pref.value %]
+	new Event.observe('[% pref.key %]', 'blur', function(){ prefValidate($('[% pref.key %]')); } );
+	[%- END; END %]
 	
 	// try to redirect all form submissions by return key to the default submit button
 	// listen for keypress events on all form elements except submit
@@ -129,15 +129,33 @@
 	new Event.observe(window, 'resize', function(){resizeSettingsSection();});
 
 	new Event.observe('saveSettings', 'click', function(e){
-		[%- FOREACH item = validate %]
-		prefValidate($('[% item %]'), true);
-		[%- END %]
+		Event.stop(e);
+		$('settingsForm').request({
+			parameters: { useAJAX: 1 },		
+			onComplete: function(response) {
+				var results = parseData(response.responseText);
 
-		// if validation fails and user doesn't force the submit, cancel
-		if (!validateAll && !confirm("[% "SETUP_VALIDATION_FAILED" | string %]")) {
-			Event.stop(e);
-			validateAll = true;
-		}
+				$('statusarea').update(results['warning']);
+				resizeSettingsSection();
+
+				// highlighted fields
+				for (field in results) {
+					if ($(field)) {
+						if (results[field] == '0') {
+							$(field).style.background = '#ffcccc';
+						}
+						else {
+							new Effect.Highlight(field, {
+								duration: 0.5,
+								startcolor: '#99ff99',
+								endcolor: '#ffffff',
+								restorecolor: '#ffffff'
+							});
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		});
 	});
 
 	resizeSettingsSection();
Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/settings/ajaxSettings.txt
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/settings/ajaxSettings.txt	(revision 0)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/settings/ajaxSettings.txt	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+warning|[% warning%]
+[%- FOREACH valid = validated %]
+[% valid.key %]|[% valid.value %]
+[%- END %]
\ No newline at end of file
Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/settings/header.html
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/settings/header.html	(revision 12253)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/EN/settings/header.html	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		[% pageHeaderScripts %]
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/prototype.js?r=[% revision %]" ></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/scriptaculous/scriptaculous.js?load=effects&r=[% revision %]" ></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/global.js?r=[% revision %]" ></script>
 		<script TYPE="text/javascript">[% PROCESS html/settings.js %]</script>
 	[% END %]
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 
 [% pagetitle = page | string; pageicon = 'settings'; noSpacer = 1; PROCESS pageheader.html %] 
 
-<div class="statusarea">
+<div id="statusarea" class="statusarea">
 	[% IF warning %]
 		[% warning %]
 	[% END %]
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 <form name="settingsForm" id="settingsForm" method="post" action="[% webroot %][% path %][% IF playerid %]?playerid=[% playerid | uri %][% END %]">
 
 <div id="settingsRegion">
+	<input type=hidden value="0" name="useAJAX">
 	<input type=hidden value="[% page %]" name="page">
 	[% IF playerid %]<input type=hidden value="[% playerid %]" name="playerid">[% END %]
 	[% IF player %]<input type=hidden value="[% player %]" name="player">[% END %]
Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/ExBrowse3/header.html
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/ExBrowse3/header.html	(revision 12253)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/HTML/ExBrowse3/header.html	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  <script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/toolmanx/css.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/toolmanx/drag.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/toolmanx/events.js"></script>
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot %]html/validators.js?r=[% revision %]" ></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="[% webroot ; scripts %]"></script>[% END %]
 </head>
 <body onload="if(parent.pullpwd)parent.pullpwd([% IF clink;clink;ELSE;"0";END %],0,document)" onkeydown="[% IF nokbd %]return true[% ELSE %]parent.handlekey(event)[% END %]">
Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/Slim/Utils/Prefs.pm
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/Slim/Utils/Prefs.pm	(revision 12256)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/Slim/Utils/Prefs.pm	(working copy)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 	$prefs->init(\%defaults);
 
 	# set validation functions
-	$prefs->setValidate( 'num',   qw(displaytexttimeout browseagelimit remotestreamtimeout) );
+	$prefs->setValidate( 'num',   qw(displaytexttimeout browseagelimit remotestreamtimeout screensavertimeout) );
 	$prefs->setValidate( 'dir',   qw(cachedir playlistdir audiodir artfolder) );
 	$prefs->setValidate( 'array', qw(guessFileFormats titleFormat disabledformats) );
 
Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/Slim/Web/Settings.pm
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/Slim/Web/Settings.pm	(revision 12256)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/slimpy/Slim/Web/Settings.pm	(working copy)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 	# Handle the simple case where validation is done by prefs obj.
 	my ($prefsClass, @prefs) = $class->prefs($client);
 
-	my @doValidate;
+	my (@valid);
 
 	for my $pref (@prefs) {
 
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@
 
 			my (undef, $ok) = $prefsClass->set($pref, $paramRef->{$pref});
 
-			if (!$ok) {
+			if ($ok) {
+				$paramRef->{'validated'}->{$pref} = 1; 
+			}
+			else { 
 				$paramRef->{'warning'} .= sprintf(Slim::Utils::Strings::string('SETTINGS_INVALIDVALUE'), $paramRef->{$pref}, $pref) . '<br/>';
+				$paramRef->{'validated'}->{$pref} = 0;
 			}
 		}
 
-		push @doValidate, $pref if $prefsClass->hasValidator($pref);
-
+		$paramRef->{'validate'}->{$pref} = $prefsClass->hasValidator($pref);			
 		$paramRef->{'prefs'}->{$pref} = $prefsClass->get($pref);
 	}
 
-	# values that can be validated client-side
-	$paramRef->{'validate'} = \@doValidate;
-
 	if ($prefsClass) {
 		$paramRef->{'namespace'} = $prefsClass->namespace;
 	}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 		$paramRef->{'playername'} = $client->name();
 	}
 
-	return Slim::Web::HTTP::filltemplatefile($class->page, $paramRef);
+	return Slim::Web::HTTP::filltemplatefile($paramRef->{'useAJAX'} ? 'settings/ajaxSettings.txt' : $class->page, $paramRef);
 }
 
 1;