ansaurus

Question

Can we validate a html page fields which does not contain form tag using jquery?

Answer 1

+1 A:

For semantic and valid markup, you do need a <form> tag. No question of its not being there.

Sarfraz 2010-10-06 08:27:08

Answer 2

+1 A:

You can always pick up the fields by their ID, the fact that they are not wrapped in a form makes no difference:

$('#businessname')

It is not valid HTML, however, and you really should use a <form> around form elements.

Why are you not using one?

Oded 2010-10-06 08:27:17

Thanks for the reply

mahesh 2010-10-06 08:31:44

I extract the values of text boxes using their div id and pass those values to webservices ,i am not using any form tag in my code

mahesh 2010-10-06 08:37:43

$('#Addresslisting').click(function() { var businessname = ($("#businessname").val()); var jsonobject = "{\"businessname\":\"" + businessname + "\"}"; $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "/blockseek30-9-2010/AfterLogin.asmx/SubmitList1", data: jsonobject, contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", success: ajaxCallSucceed, dataType: "json", failure: ajaxCallFailed }); });

mahesh 2010-10-06 08:41:32

Not using valid HTML can force a browser into "quirk" mode, so even though you don't use it for your app as you use XHR, it is a good idea adding it.If you check the console of Chrome or the interpreted source of for instance IE, you will see that these browsers will move and insert elements to make the content valid, so they can render something they otherwise would not be able to.

Michael 2010-10-06 08:44:36

@mahesh - Just wrap a form element around the items, to make sure that your markup is _valid_. Browsers may do strange things with invalid HTML.

Oded 2010-10-06 08:46:45

ansaurus

tags:

views:

answers:

Can we validate a html page fields which does not contain form tag using jquery?

related questions