The behavior is the same for flexigrid or the datatables themes
Error Field Highlighting does not work for Drop down fields and text area fields in add or edit mode
These do not get highlighted with red border when in error
Pls. suggest a solution for fields in error to be highlighted when error - specifically for text area and drop down fields. For input type text fields highlighting works normally
I also use unset_texteditor for the textarea field ( MySql datatype 'text'). For testing I commented unset_texteditor to see the text area with all formatting options. It made no difference.
For the drop down field it is being specifically populated using the $crud->field_type() using an array.
Your help in fixing the issue is greatly appreciated