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jQuery linkbutton error

This jquery function working fine for button submit but not working for link button. Why?

<html>
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#form1").validate({
                rules: {
                    <%= txtUserName.UniqueID %>: {minlength: 5, required: true},
                    <%= txtPassword.UniqueID %>: {minlength: 5, required: true},
                    <%= txtEmail.UniqueID %>: {required: true},
                    <%= txtURL.UniqueID %>: {required: true},
                    <%=  chkbox.UniqueID%>: {required:true},
                    <%= textcredit.UniqueID %>:{required:true},
                 }, 
                messages: {
                    <%= txtUserName.UniqueID %>: {
                        required: "Plaese enter your name",
                        minlength: "User name must be atleaet of 5 characters"
                    },
                    <%= txtPassword.UniqueID %>: { 
                        required: "Plaese enter your password", 
                        minlength: "Password must be atleaet of 5 characters"
                    },
                    <%= txtEmail.UniqueID %>:{ required: "Plaese enter your Email Id",},
                    <%= txtURL.UniqueID %>:{ required: "Plaese enter Website URL",},
                    <%= chkbox.UniqueID %>:{ required: "Plaese select this chek box",} , 
                    <%= chkbox.UniqueID %>:{    
                        required: "Plaese select creditcard", 
                        minlength: "User name must be atleaet of 5 characters"
                    },
                }
            });
        });
    </script> 
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <table width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4" style="border: solid 1px navy; background-color: #d5d5d5;">
        </table>
    </form>
</body>
Solution

  • The submit button posts back to the server naturally; the linkbutton posts back to the server using a __doPostBack trick that Microsoft developed. That's why @Yuriy's solution is a good one. Alternatively, you could just have a common method:

    function validateForm(id) {
  return $("#" + id).valid();
}

    And have all your buttons call your function. There are a couple of other JQuery/HTML 5 specific ways to handle this.