Question

In the past following worked perfectly:

$(this + ":submit").live('click', function (e) {

}); 

but I just started using JQuery 1.8.1 and I get following error on the selector $(this + ":submit"):

Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [object Object]:submit

‘this’ is a jquery select on the id of the form $('form1') and results in [ form#form1 ]

What could be an alternative syntax that works with Jquery 1.8.1 and previous versions of Jquery ?

Answer 1

You have to supply this as context

$(":submit", this)

which is equivalent to

$(this).find(":submit")

I would suggest the latter since it makes things more readable.

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UPDATE: Just to clarify, I’m editing in @Esailija’s comment –

This has never worked! – i.e. $(this + “:submit”)