Call MVC 3 Client Side Validation Manually for ajax posts

Question

I am creating an MVC 3 web application. I want to use Data Annotations on my entity class and then use unobtrusive client side validation before making a post back to the se

Answer 1

Try:

//using the form as the jQuery selector (recommended)
$('form').submit(function(evt) {
    evt.preventDefault();
    var $form = $(this);
    if($form.valid()) {
        //Ajax call here
    }
});

//using the click event on the submit button
$('#buttonId').click(function(evt) {
    evt.preventDefault();
    var $form = $('form');
    if($form.valid()) {
        //Ajax call here
    }
});

This should work with jQuery ajax and MSAjax calls. Could also try using http://nuget.org/packages/TakeCommand.js or https://github.com/webadvanced/takeCommand it will automatically handle this for you.