From 962b540f0cd2f905c7f5074fcade2a4453eb25ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bo Peng <ben.bob@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 12:40:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] validate form even if the form is submitted from an element
 within it

---
 src/htmx.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index cb9016ce..3ad14011 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ return (function () {
             var errors = [];
 
             // only validate when form is directly submitted and novalidate is not set
-            var validate = matches(elt, 'form') && elt.noValidate !== true;
+            var validate = (matches(elt, 'form') || closest(elt, 'form')) && elt.noValidate !== true;
 
             // for a non-GET include the closest form
             if (verb !== 'get') {