jQuery UI Dialog with Form Validation Plugin

Question

I am currently using the bassistance validation plugin for my forms. And I am using a pop-up modal dialog box to house a form that needs to be validated, but for some reason it

Answer 1

The validators validate function simply sets up validation, it does not trigger it. The triggering is done automatically when the form is submitted or when a field gets written in. Try adding your validation code to the open event:

$("#addEventDialog").dialog("open");
            $("#addEventDialog").dialog({
                open: function() {
                    $("#interestForm").validate({
                        ...
                    });
                }, ...