jQuery manual validate without showing error

Question

I am using jQuery validation in ASP.NET MVC 3. Is there a possibility to check if an input is valid without showing the error messages next to the actual input?

I have tried:

$("#myForm").validate().element("#myInput1"); // this shows the error message only for the myInput1 element

$('#myForm').valid(); // this shows the error messages for all fields.

I am not trying to suppress the errors showing forever, I just want to check if the fields are valid by using the validation created on server. That one is subject to change so I do not want to have two validation definitions (one on client and one on server). Thanks!

Later Edit:

var a = $('#myForm').validate({
    errorPlacement: function(error,element) {
                       return true;
                    }
}).element("#myInput1");
alert(a);

This also shows the errors.

use remote option to use server to validate a field... see docs — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 12:07
I agree with @charlietfl. However check this post stackoverflow.com/questions/1578007/… you can add a custom handler here. — gustavodidomenico
– gustavodidomenico, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 12:10
@charlietfl: I don't want to do useless request to the server to check for a client validation. — Adrian Marinica
– Adrian Marinica, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 12:16
@gustavodidomenico: I tried the solution posted there, but it still shows the error messages when I validate. — Adrian Marinica
– Adrian Marinica, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 12:16
how is it useless? Sending to server saves user a step and a page refresh if field invalid. As for errorPlacement you must not be checking element properly for error not to display. SHow code — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 12:21

politus · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24 13:45:15Z

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Overriding errorPlacement just returning true will mean all errors are not displayed. You can use the check method on the validator object to quietly check a field. It takes a DOM element as the only argument, so with your code example you would have

$('#myForm').validate().check($('#myInput1')[0])

answered Jan 24, 2013 at 13:45

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