I need some custom validation in a popup, but in the code the validator get unset specifically.

File: DataObjectManager.php
Line: 792
Code: $this->unsetValidator();

Why is this??

Javascript conflicts.. that validator brings in prototype and all sorts of junk. You can try enabling it again, but I've never had any luck with it. Much better to use jQuery based validation.

Wouldn't it be better to just disable the javascript validation handler in that case?
Then you could atleast still use server side validation

		$validator->setJavascriptValidationHandler('none');
		parent::__construct($controller, $name, $fields, $actions, $validator);
//		$this->unsetValidator();

Yup. That's some old code you're looking at.

I'm using the latest version of DOM from the trunk.
Are you going to include this in your next release?

Here's an updated code snippet which i think should be included in the DOM

		// disable javascript validation to prevent JS errors
		if (!empty($validator) && $validator instanceof Validator) {
			$validator->setJavascriptValidationHandler('none');
		}
		parent::__construct($controller, $name, $fields, $actions, $validator);
//		$this->unsetValidator();

*bump*
This still needs to be patched in

		parent::__construct($controller, $name, $fields, $actions, $validator);
		if ($this->validator instanceof Validator) {
			$this->validator->setJavascriptValidationHandler('none');
		} else {
			$this->unsetValidator();
		}