jQuery Validation plugin: submitHandler not preventing default on submit when making ajax call to servlet - return false not working

Question

I have a simple form that uses jquery and a servlet. The jquery makes an ajax call to the servlet, the servlet makes some server side calculations, then displays the result

Answer 1

You can have event as the second parameter of submitHandler and can do preventDefault there itself.

submitHandler: function (form, event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    // your remaining code goes below this.
}