jQuery Validate - Success event?

Question

I am using the jQuery Validate plugin on my site, and then submitting the form via ajax. Is there an event I can use when the entire form is valid?

Answer 1

There is no event for this. Just check the status using a simple if statement.

if($("form").valid()) {
 //go ahead
}

But, if you are trying to have a workaround solution to catch the valid event, you can do something like this

$("form").submit(function() {
    if($(this).valid()) {
       //go ahead
    } else {
       //do some error handling
    }
});

Answer 2

The way jQuery Validate wants you to deal with this is by specifying a submitHandler aka "run this function when the form is submitted AND it is valid". You would submit the contents of the form via AJAX from within that function.

$('form').validate({
    //your normal options
    submitHandler: function(){
        $.ajax(...);
    }
});