Validate prefilled jQuery form (invalidate on first field clear, ASP.NET and unobtrustive)

Question

I have a form that can be filled, saved, loaded and re-edited.

When it is loaded and re-edited, it probably begins its life valid. When a field is valid upon

Answer 1

I've dug into the validation plug-in, and opened a ticket for what I believe is a defect.

https://github.com/jzaefferer/jquery-validation/issues/146

Shannon

Answer 2

This constructor works for me:

$('form').validate({
    onfocusout: function(element) {
       this.element(element);
    }, ...
});

Answer 3

You could try validating the form manually each time an input was changed.

$(":input").live("change", function(){
    form.validate();
})

From looking at the documentation it seems that you can't call form.valid() without calling form.validate(); first.