Using JQuery - preventing form from submitting

How do I prevent a form from submitting using jquery?

I tried everything - see 3 different options I tried below, but it all won't work:

    $(document).ready(function() { 

            //option A
            $("#form").submit(function(e){
                e.preventDefault();
            });

            //option B
            $("#form").submit(function(e){
                stopEvent(e);
            });

            //option C
            $("#form").submit(function(){
                return false;
            });
    });

What could be wrong?

Update - here is my html:

    <form id="form" class="form" action="page2.php" method="post"> 
       <!-- tags in the form -->
       <p class="class2">
           <input type="submit" value="Okay!" /> 
       </p>
    </form>

Is there anything wrong here?

Solution 1:

Two things stand out:

It possible that your form name is not form. Rather refer to the tag by dropping the #.

Also the e.preventDefault is the correct JQuery syntax, e.g.

    //option A
    $("form").submit(function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
    });

Option C should also work. I am not familiar with option B

A complete example:

<html>
    <head>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

        <script type='text/javascript'>
         $(document).ready(function() {
            //option A
            $("form").submit(function(e){
                alert('submit intercepted');
                e.preventDefault(e);
            });
        });
        </script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <form action="http://google.com" method="GET">
          Search <input type='text' name='q' />
          <input type='submit'/>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

Solution 2:

You probably have few forms o the page and using $('form').submit() adds this event to the first occurrence of the form on your page. Use class selector instead, or try this:

$('form').each(function(){
    $(this).submit(function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        alert('it is working!');
        return  false;
    })
})

or better version of it:

$(document).on("submit", "form", function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    alert('it works!');
    return  false;
});

Using JQuery - preventing form from submitting

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