Validate subset of a form using jQuery Validate plugin

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Published on 2010-04-14T10:17:26Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 10:23 UTC
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My HTML form has a number of divs that are the steps of a wizard. Upon clicking a "next" button I want to validate just the active div. I'm using the jQuery.Validate.js plugin.

Each div has an ID, so I want a way to say something like:

wizardForm.validate().element('#first-step :input')

but this only validates the first input, not all of them. How can I validate all inputs within a div?

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