[jQuery] [Validate] Support for Validation Grouping

[jmarnold]

I'm working on integrating the validate plugin with ASP.NET. I have
the basic validation working just fine but I'm running into a few
limitations of the plugin now with regards to ASP.NET's concept of
CausesValdiation and ValidationGroup. I envision having some sort of
grouping mechanism of rules by name. I think this goes beyond ASP.NET
integration as it would allow for simple validation of sub-forms.
Maybe something like:

$('#myform').validate({
        rules: {
                        'SignUp' : {
                                firstname: {
                                        required:true,
                                        validationGroup: 'name'
                                }
                        }
        }
});

I'm not sure of the best way to trigger the validation of that rule
set. Maybe there could be some sort of submission method through the
validator that would handle that? (e.g.,
('#myform').submitThroughValidation('SignUp')).

It would also be great to specify a selector for elements that can
bypass validation. Perhaps something like:

$('#myform').validate({
        skipValidation: '#cancelButton'
});