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

.Valid() works. i.e it tells you whether your form is valid. However alone it does not help to show AND hide messages correctly. here's my manual validation method

function validate()
        {
            //valid() not only tells us whether the form is valid but 
            //also ensures that errors are shown !!!
            if ($("form").valid())
            {
                //if the form is valid we may need to hide previously displayed messages
                $(".validation-summary-errors").css("display", "none");
                $(".input-validation-error").removeClass("input-validation-error");
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                //the form is not valide and because we are doing this all manually we also have to
                //show the validation summary manually 
                $(".validation-summary-errors").css("display", "block");
                return false;
            }
        }