In the button's click handler: if ($("#myform").validate().form()) { // submit form }
On Apr 22, 9:48 am, Brad <nrmlcrpt...@gmail.com> wrote: > To be more specific, validation is working prior to clicking the > button. For example I have a date field in the form and entering > garbage will present an "enter a valid date" message, but I also have > some fields that are simply required. Clicking the button doesn't > appear to run any pre-submit validation. > > BTW, I'm totally new to this plugin. > > On Apr 22, 9:39 am, Brad <nrmlcrpt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to integrate the Validation plugin into an existing > > project. The forms use AJAX and the buttons are not of type 'submit', > > but type 'button'. If I change the type to 'submit' I can see > > validation works, but doing so will require other code changes. Is > > there any way to get it to work with a 'button' button?