Question

I have some questions with jQuery submit function.

here is work environment

jQuery: 1.7.2, chrome (18.0.1025.168 m).

There are 2 problems.

1st:

my codes like this

html

<form id="test" action="..." method="post">
     <input type="text" />
     <input type="submit">
</form>

jQuery

$('#test').submit(function(){
      return false;
})

the problem is it works fine in firefox and opera but chrome.

2st:

html: as above.

jQuery:

$('#test').submit(function(){
      if(...)
         alert(something..);
      return false;
})

it dosen’t work in firefox,opera and chrome. it always trigger form.submit why.

I am very confused it. who can figure it out thanks!

Answer 1

Don’t use return false;. Try this instead:

$('#test').submit(function(event){
      event.preventDefault();
});