Trigger parsley validation without submit form?

$form.parsley('validate') is 1.x API. It was deprecated in 2.x versions you might use.

Try $form.parsley().validate() instead.

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I've been searching high and low to try and make the form validation work with a non-form tag. I guess my biggest gripe with the framework is that it doesn't work out-of-the-box with non-form elements. I would be ok using a form element if it didn't scroll to the top of the page every time it tries to validate. Because this behavior is inherent in how form works, there is only this hack to fix it.

Just as a side note, using data-parsley-validate attribute on the div tag also works. You can also initialise the form as normal (meaning you can subscribe to the validation).

example html:

<div id="signupForm" data-parsley-validate>
    ... put form inputs here ...
    <button id="signupBtn">Sign me up</button>
</div>

Just make sure to put js in:

var $selector = $('#signupForm'),
    form = $selector.parsley();

form.subscribe('parsley:form:success', function (e) {
    ...
});

$selector.find('button').click(function () {
    form.validate();
});