How to force form client-side validation in or before $.ajax()

Question

I have a form and unobtrusive validations are enabled. By default in submit method client side validation gets triggered and (if you have any errors) the form looks like thi

Answer 1

You must force the form to validate before checking if it is valid. Something like this:

var form = $( "#myform" );
form.validate();
if (form.valid()) {
    // ...
}