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

Similar to Stan answer but :

• if you have more than one button, you have to get only the first button => [0]
• if the form can be submitted with the enter key, you have to manage a default => myDefaultButtonId

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$(document).on('submit', function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var pressedButtonId = 
         typeof $(":input[type=submit]:focus")[0] === "undefined" ? 
         "myDefaultButtonId" :
         $(":input[type=submit]:focus")[0].id;
    ...
 }