Can JQuery.Validate plugin prevent submission of an Ajax form
- by berko
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/Validation) plugged in for my client side validation.
What I am seeing is that the validation fails when I expect it to however it does not stop the form from submitting. When I was using a traditional form (i.e. non-ajax) the validation failing prevented the form for submitting at all.... which is my desired behaviour.
I know that the validation is hooked up correctly as the validation messages still appear after the ajax submit has happened.
So what I am I missing that is preventing my desired behaviour? Sample code below....
<form id="searchForm" method="post" action="/User/GetDetails">
<input id="username" name="username" type="text" value="user.name" />
<input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
<div id="detailsView">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var options = {
target: '#detailsView'
};
$('#searchForm').ajaxForm(options);
$('#searchForm').validate({
rules: {
username: {required:true}},
messages: {
username: {required:"Username is a required field."}}
});
</script>
