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

For me, the best solutions was this:

$(form).submit(function(e){

   // Get the button that was clicked       
   var submit = $(this.id).context.activeElement;

   // You can get its name like this
   alert(submit.name)

   // You can get its attributes like this too
   alert($(submit).attr('class'))

});