jquery validation without FORM

Question

How to validate a bunch of fields that are not enclosed by FORM tag using jquery validate?

Answer 1

You won't be able to get the same effects with jquery validate if you don't have a form tag.

You could attempt something like the following

function testValidationNoForm() {
    var nameValue = jQuery("#cname");
    var isValid = $("<form action='' name=''><input name='name' class='required' minlength='2' value='" + nameValue.val() + "'/></form>").valid();
    alert('isValid = ' + isValid);
}

So here you're building the form on the fly and getting the valid message.