Question

I am using the following to find the $form object on my page:

var $form = $modal.find('#modal-form');

Now I need to select the buttons. How can I select each button inside the form, so I can apply a filter to it like this?

$('button').filter(function () {  })

Answer 1

Either use another find, within the context of $form:

var $form = $modal.find('#modal-form');
var $buttons = $form.find("button");

Or alternatively, use $(selector [, context ]):

var $buttons = $("button", $form);

Both will find all button descendants of the given form.