The form should validate and if its not valid, the form should not proceed, but it is automatically transferring the app to another page...
HTML
<div data-role="page" id="newevent1">
<div data-role="header">
<h1>New Event</h1>
</div>
<div data-role="content">
<form id="newevent1info" name="newevent1info" align="left">
<div data-role="fieldcontain">
<label for="ename">Event Name:</label>
<input align="right" type="text" id="ename" name="ename" />
</div>
<div data-role="fieldcontain">
<fieldset data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal">
<legend>Date:</legend>
<input type="date" id="date" name="date"/>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div data-role="fieldcontain">
<fieldset data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal">
<legend>Time:</legend>
<input type="time" id="time" name="time" />
</fieldset>
</div>
<div data-role="fieldcontain">
<label for="descevent">Description: </label>
<input type="text" id="descevent" name="descevent"/>
</div>
<button type="submit" name="submit">Create Event</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
JAVASCRIPT
$('#newevent1info').submit(function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
if ($(this).validate({
rules: {
ename: {
required: true
},
descevent: {
required: true
},
date: {
required: true
},
time: {
required: true
},
}
}).form()) {
alert("success");
}
});
i want it to only alert success if all the form data is valid. what do i need to fix?