title: jQuery Remote Validation Forces Double-Click to Submit Form
body: <p>I am attempting to validate a form field remotely. If the field receives focus while I'm on the page, everything works great. However, if the field <em>never</em> receives focus, the form requires I click the "Submit" button twice in order to successfully submit.</p>
  
  <p>I'd like it to either only validate if the field receives focus or somehow stop the form from requiring two clicks to submit. Anyone have any ideas?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#form1").validate({
      rules: {
          project: {
              required: true,
              remote: "check.php"
          }
      },
      messages: {
          project: {
              required: "Required.",
              remote: "Check Failed."
          }
      },
  });
  
  &lt;input type="text" name="project" id="project" value="X"/&gt;
  </code></pre>