:submit

submit selector

Description: Selects all elements of type submit.

jQuery(':submit')

version added: 1.0

The :submit selector typically applies to button or input elements. Note that some browsers treat <button> element as type="default" implicitly while others (such as Internet Explorer) do not.

Examples

Finds all submit inputs.

    var input = $(":submit").parent('td').css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
    $('#result').text('jQuery matched ' + input.length + ' elements.');
    // so it won't submit
    $("form").submit(function () { return false; });
    // Extra JS to make the HTML easier to edit (None of this is relevant to the ':submit' selector
    $('#exampleTable').find('td').each(function(i, el) {
        var inputEl = $(el).children().get(0);
        $(el).before('<td>' + $(inputEl).attr('type') + '</td>');
    })

The output of the code above will be:

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Full source:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    var input = $(":submit").parent('td').css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
    $('#result').text('jQuery matched ' + input.length + ' elements.');
    // so it won't submit
    $("form").submit(function () { return false; });
    // Extra JS to make the HTML easier to edit (None of this is relevant to the ':submit' selector
    $('#exampleTable').find('td').each(function(i, el) {
        var inputEl = $(el).children().get(0);
        $(el).before('<td>' + $(inputEl).attr('type') + '</td>');
    })
  });
  </script>
  <style>
  textarea { height:45px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>  
<table>
<form>
<table id="exampleTable" border="1" cellpadding="10" align="center">
    <tr>
        <th>
            Element Type
        </th>
        <th>
            Element
        </th>
    </tr
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="checkbox" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="file" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="hidden" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="image" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="password" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="radio" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="reset" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="submit" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <input type="text" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <select><option>Option</option></select>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <textarea></textarea>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <button>Button</button>
          </td>
      </tr>
</table>
</form>
<div id="result"></div>
</body>
</html>

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:submit

submit selector

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