Can JQuery.Validate plugin prevent submission of an Ajax form

Question

I am using the JQuery form plugin (http://malsup.com/jquery/form/) to handle the ajax submission of a form. I also have JQuery.Validate (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validatio

Answer 1

You need to add a callback function for use with the beforeSubmit event when initializing the ajaxForm():

var options = {
        beforeSubmit: function() {
            return $('#searchForm').validate().form();
        },
        target: '#detailsView'
    };

Now it knows to check the result of the validation before it will submit the page.