MVC 3 unobtrusive validation - conditionally disable/enable validation

Question

I have a form that has an option to enter dimensions for:

• Width & Height
• Width
• Height

And I have two container div

Answer 1

You can set up the jQuery validator that's processing your unobtrusive validation to ignore hidden elements:

jQuery.validator.defaults.ignore = ":hidden";

// the line above is outside any $(document).ready(...) or similar
$(document).ready(function(){
    ...
});
...