Tengo varias entradas separadas en diferentes contenedores (paneles). El problema que tengo es que si uno de estos paneles está oculto style="display:none;"), el complemento jQuery.validate, no valida esas entradas.

Realizo una prueba con un pequeño ejemplo y sucede el mismo problema:

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@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
    @Html.ValidationSummary(true)

    <fieldset>
        <legend>Fields</legend>

        <div class="UserName" style="display:none;">
            <div class="editor-label"> @Html.LabelFor(model => model.UserName) </div>
            <div class="editor-field">
                @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.UserName) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.UserName)
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="editor-label"> @Html.LabelFor(model => model.FirstName) </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.FirstName) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.FirstName)
        </div>

        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.LastName)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.LastName) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.LastName)
        </div>

        <div class="editor-label"> @Html.LabelFor(model => model.City) </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.City) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.City)
        </div>

        <p>
            <input type="submit" value="Create" />
        </p>
    </fieldset>

}

Modelo

public class UserModel {

    [Required]
    [StringLength(6, MinimumLength = 3)]
    [Display(Name = "User Name")]
    [RegularExpression(@"(\S)+", ErrorMessage = "White space is not allowed")]
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public string UserName { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [StringLength(8, MinimumLength = 3)]
    [Display(Name = "First Name")]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    [Required]
    [StringLength(9, MinimumLength = 2)]
    [Display(Name = "Last Name")]
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    [Required()]
    public string City { get; set; }

}

La propiedad "UserName" no está validada en el cliente cuando está dentro del div con estilo"display:none;"

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