How to get clicked submit button when submitting a form via JQuery
form-submit, forms, html, javascript, jquery
Solution
$('input[type="submit"]').on('click', function(){
$('.myForm').data('button', this.name);
});
$(".myForm").on('submit', function(){
var submitButton = $(this).data('button') || $('input[type="submit"]').get(0).name;
});
Problem
I have a form with 2 submit buttons. ``` <form class="myForm"> <!-- Some Inputs Here --> <input type="submit" name="firstSubmit" value="first submit" /> <input type="submit" name="secondSubmit" value="second submit" /> </form> ``` I am submitting this form via JQuery. ``` $(".myForm").submit(function(){ var submitButton = ? //I need to catch the submit button that was clicked }); ``` How can I know which submit button was clicked?