jQuery Form Submit button selector
Description and Syntax
$(":submit")
selects all submit inputs and button elements
(<input type="submit">, <button>)
Examples
The following code counts the submit buttons.
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!-- w ww .j a va2 s. co m-->
alert($(":submit").length);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
<input type="checkbox">java2s.com</input>
<input type="checkbox" />
<input type="checkbox" />
<input type="file" />
<input type="hidden" />
<input type="image" />
<input type="password" />
<input type="radio" />
<input type="reset" />
<input type="submit" />
<input type="text" />
<select><option>Option<option/></select>
<textarea></textarea>
<button>Button</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Select the submit button
The following code get the submit button
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!-- w ww . j av a 2s .c o m-->
var input = $(":submit");
$('#result').text('jQuery matched ' + input.length + ' elements.');
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form><input type="submit" /></form>
<div id="result"></div>
</body>
</html>