Manually Triggering jQuery.validate before saving

Question

I have a save button (input button) that I have written javascript code to save the form data to the database. My jQuery .validate function doesn't run before I save the form. How can I manually execute my jQuery .validate function before I save. Here is what I am doing.

<input type="button" class="saveSubmit" name="action" value="Save" />

// Give user feedback when clicking save
$(".saveSubmit").click(function() {
    if (save() == true) {
        alert("Email has been saved.");
    } else {
        alert("Error saving email.");
    };
    return false;
});

// Validation
$("#emailForm").validate({ 
    // rules here 
});

Answer 1

Found it. I need to use $("#emailForm").valid().