Nope, you really need a form. Whats the problem with just using a form element, at least nested within your div?
Jörn On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jozef A. Habdank<jahabd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Everybody, > > this is my first post here - please forgive me any stupid questions. > > My idea is to have a fully AJAX based form that will validate the > input, then via AJAX post it, and accordingly to the AJAX response > display some messages (no full postback). I have no problem with the > AJAX itself, the only issue I face is that my 'form' is not actually a > <form> - it is a simple <div> with some textboxes (I am using Asp, and > using forms is not so easy here, sine you can not have nested forms). > Unfortunately the jQuery validation (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/ > Validation) does not work for <div>. Is there any way to use jQuery > validation without having to use <form> tag? > > Best regards, > Jozef A. Habdank > > ps. awesome work done jQuery :) >