title: Possible to have JQuery Validation Subset?
body: <p>I am using <strong>JQuery Validation</strong> to validate a form within a View in my MVC 5 application, the form looks something like the image below.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bkQwL.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>I have the JQuery validation working to validate the majority of the form, however, my problem is that when the user hits the <strong>Add Proposal button</strong>, I don't want the validation to validate the two drop down menus, <strong>Consultant</strong> and <strong>Days Assigned</strong>, to check if the user has selected values. </p>
  
  <p>Instead, I only want to validate that the user has selected values from the two drop downs, <strong>Consultant</strong> and <strong>Days Assigned</strong>, whenever they hit the <strong>Add Consultant button</strong>. However, when the user also hits the <strong>Add Consultant Button</strong>, I only want the two drop down menus validated, not the rest of the form.</p>
  
  <p>At the moment my code looks like this, which validates the majority of the form.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;script&gt;
  
      $(document).ready(function () {
  
          var validate = $('#frm').validate({
              onfocusout: function (element) {
                  $(element).valid();
              },
              ignore: [], //Allows for validating hidden fields
  
              rules: {
                  clientID: {
                      required: true
                  },
                  title: {
                      required: true
                  },
                  summary: {
                      required: true
                  }
                  //More rules 
                  ,
              messages: {
                  clientID: "Please select client.",
                  title: "Please enter proposal title.",
                  summary: "Please enter summary."
                  //More messages
  
              },
  
              submitHandler: function (form) {
                  form.submit();
              }
          });
  
          $("#btnAddConsultant").click(function () {
              //Need to validate two drop down menus only in here
          });
  
      });
  
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I now need to validate only the two drop down menus when <strong>btnAddConsultant</strong> button is clicked.</p>
  
  <p>Could any help or advice me on how to do this please?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help.</p>