jQuery function on form input

Question

I want users to enter something in an text field, press OK and then run a function on the value of that text.

I have been looking at jQuery docs, I found keyup which gets the value instantly (not what I want) and the only things I can find about doing stuff with submitted form data involve POSTing the results to a php file or something.

I am keen to learn so if you could post links to resources where I could find out more along with your answer I would be most grateful. Thanks.

Answer 1

If you want to work on the value of the form, without submitting the form:

$('form#formId').submit(
    function() {
        var inputText = $('input#inputText').val();
        //do something with inputText

        return false; // prevent the form being submitted to the server
    }
);

A link to the jQuery docs for forms.

Answer 2

if your ok button is submit button of a form then you are looking for a jQuery/javascript onsubmit event it happen when the submit button is clicked. On this event you can trigger a function which does your calculations.

<form action='' onsubmit='abc()'>


function abc()
{
......
}

http://api.jquery.com/submit/

Answer 3

You can catch the submit with the jQuery submit() function

<form id="target" action="destination.html">
  <input type="text" value="Hello there" />
  <input type="submit" value="Go" />
</form>
<script>
$('#target').submit(function() {
  alert('Handler for .submit() called.');
  return false;
});
</script>

Answer 4

You don't need a <form> for this (if you're not sending any data anywhere), just a set of <input> elements will do, for example:

<input id="myInput" type="text" />
<input id="myButton" type="button" value="Click me!" />

And jQuery like this:

$("#myButton").click(function() {
   myFunction($("#myInput").val());
});

You can test it out here, all we're doing is attaching a handler to the button via .click() and getting the value from the textbox via .val()...and then using that however you want, in this case passing it as a parameter to the function.