:submit Selector
Categories: jQuery Extensions | Form
jQuery(':submit')
Description: Selects all elements of type submit.
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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.
Note:
Because:submit
is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using :submit
cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM querySelectorAll()
method. For better performance in modern browsers, use [type="submit"]
instead.
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Finds all submit elements that are descendants of a td element.
HTML:
<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> <tr> <td> <button type="submit">Button type="submit"</button> </td> </tr> </table> </form> <div id="result"></div>
CSS:
textarea { height:45px; }
Code:
var submitEl = $("td :submit") .parent('td') .css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"}) .end(); $('#result').text('jQuery matched ' + submitEl.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(), inputType = inputEl.attr('type') ? ' type="' + inputEl.attr('type') + '"' : ''; $(el).before('<td>' + inputEl[0].nodeName + inputType + '</td>'); })