1. <div id="editme" contenteditable="">Editable Text</div>

What I want to do is something like this:

1. $("#editme"[contenteditable]).validate();

I can attach events to the field using syntax like the above.  But, since contenteditable doesn't actually create or use a form, I can't figure out what to attach the validate() to.  Is there a way to attach a validate() to just a single element without a form?

Thanks!

-steve j