JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.9/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<div id="popup" style="display:none">
<form action="" name="pop_up_form" id="pop_up_form" method="post"><input class="pop_up_textbox" type="text" name="acct_nmbr" id="acct_nmbr" required maxlength="19" value=""/></form>
</div>
JavaScript
$(function(){
$('#pop_up_form').validate();
$("#popup").dialog({
autoOpen: true,
title : "View/Edit Screen",
dialogClass : "pop-content pop-header-colr pop-button pop-float",
width:400,
height:450,
modal: true,
resizable: false,
show: 'clip',
buttons:{
'SUBMIT':function(){
if($('#pop_up_form').get(0).checkValidity())
{
alert("successfull");
}
}
}
});
});