Question

I have an unusual problem with a form (here’s a slimmed down version):

<script>
    (function($){
        $("form").submit(function(){ 
            alert('Checkout time!'); 
        });
        $("button[name='process_order']").click(function(){ 
            alert('Button Checkout time!'); 
        });
        $("button[name='back']").click(function(){ 
            alert('Back Button'); 
        });
    })(jQuery);
</script>

<form>
    <input type="text" name="moo1" tabindex="1" />
    <input type="text" name="moo2" tabindex="2" />
    <button name="back" tabindex="4">Back</button>
    <button name="process_order" tabindex="3">Process Order</button>
</form>

The buttons work fine, however, if I hit enter when one of the textboxes that has focus, the ‘Back Button’ action is what fires… even though the form’s submit handler is set to do “checkout”…

Answer 1

You could probably change the process_order tothis:

<input type="submit" name="process_order" value="Process Order" tabindex="3" />

And change to:

<form id="myForm">

Then, bind the .submit() handler to it

$('#myForm').submit(function()
{
    alert('Button checkout time!');
    return false; //we return false so that it doesn't refresh the page
});