Methods not working after initializaiton

[dcampbell85]

I try to do something as simple as next tab and i get an error. "Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'nextTab' "

Here is the code:

var options = {
    disableCustom: 'radiocheck',
    inputs: {
        'FirstName': {
            filters: 'name required'
        },
        'Middle': {
            filters: 'max',
            data: {
                max: 1
            }
        },
        'LastName': {
            filters: 'name required'
        }
    }
};

var $idealform = $('#Contract').idealforms(options);

$('#next').click(function () {
    $idealform.nextTab().focusFirst();
});
$('#prev').click(function () {
    $idealform.prevTab();
});

[dcampbell85]

Nevermind I found a solution. To append ".data('idealforms')" to my idealforms intialization.

I had just updated my idealforms js and didn't realized this got added. What does .data('idealforms') actually do?

[elclanrs]

The data part is based on the jQuery boilerplate; it attaches the methods to the object without polluting the global jQuery scope.