Validate fields using JQuery validation without any submit?

Question

I have a HTML5 web application with numerous user-entered fields, and I would like to do some client-side validation on those fields in javascript before sending them to the

Answer 1

You will have to wrap your fields within a form to use the validation plugin and it's a good practice anyway. Also, you can invoke the plugin's validation programmatically and check if the form is valid by doing:

var $form = $('#your_form'),
    validator = $form.validate({...});

//validate the form
validator.form();

//check if the form is valid 
if ($form.valid()) {
    //form is valid
}

For more options, have a look at the docs.