Question

How do I get dataanotation to talk to a custom jquery script.

 public class ProductViewModel
        {
            [Required]
            public string Name { get; set; }

        }
    @using (Html.BeginForm)
    {
        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model=>Model.Name)
       <input type="submit" value="Submit" id="NewVarianceSubmitButton" />
    }

    Now jquery
    $(":submit").click(function () {
     if dataannotations are all valid  above then ...BUT HOW!

        $(this).clone().insertAfter($(this)).attr("disabled", "true");
        $(this).hide();

Answer 1

You need to enable client side validation.

You would not write code to enable or disable. It is all done for you by using client-side calidation enabled.