jQuery: how to get which button was clicked upon form submission?

Question

I have a .submit() event set up for form submission. I also have multiple forms on the page, but just one here for this example. I\'d like to know which submi

Answer 1

If what you mean by not adding a .click event is that you don't want to have separate handlers for those events, you could handle all clicks (submits) in one function:

$(document).ready(function(){
  $('input[type="submit"]').click( function(event){ process_form_submission(event); } );
});

function process_form_submission( event ) {
  event.preventDefault();
  //var target = $(event.target);
  var input = $(event.currentTarget);
  var which_button = event.currentTarget.value;
  var data = input.parents("form")[0].data.value;
//  var which_button = '?';       // <-- this is what I want to know
  alert( 'data: ' + data + ', button: ' + which_button );
}