Is it possible to validate a <div> tag without any<form> tag?

[am2222]

Hi,
I have div tag, I want to validate it using validate.js ..If I pass its Id to validator Can I validate it without any use of

tag?

[rickharrison]

Unfortunately no as this relies on onsubmit and document.forms

[am2222]

I made some changes to my code to use form for validating although it is not the complete code:

<form  id="add" action="#">
<div >
       <label>some text</label>
       <div >
                <input type="text" name="groupName" id="groupName">
        </div>
         <div >
                 <p><button type="button"  id="reg" >ok</button></p>
         </div>
</div>
</form>

This is the js for validation:

$(document).ready(function(){
        $('#reg').click(function(){
            var form = $("#add");
            form.validate({
                rules: {
                    groupName: {
                        required: false
                    }
                },
                messeges:{
                    groupName:{
                        required:"fill"
                    }
                }
            });
            if (form.valid()== true){
                alert('true');
            }
        });
    });

when the document is ready it gives true message to me without validate the text field. can you find any problem in my code? I should say that do not want to use submit button because form already has a submit button an as I said this is just a part of my code.

[am2222]

Please can some one help me? I am stuck on this problem yet.