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Are you sure you want to delete?
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I just wrote a confirm delete function that requires a class name:

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$('.ConfirmDelete').click(function() {
var question = $(this).attr('title');
if (question == '') question = 'Delete this record?';
return confirm(question);
});
});

Usage:

<input name="Delete" type="submit" value="Delete" class="ConfirmDelete" title="Delete #UsrName#?" />

I'd like to change the selector from .ConfirmDelete to something like:

$('input:submit').attr('name','Delete').val('Delete')

Meaning: If a submit button has the name 'Delete' and it's value is 'Delete', then go ahead and assume they want to confirm the delete without requiring them to have a ConfirmDelete class.
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asked Jan 1 '10 at 20:40
Phillip Senn
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You could use an html5 data tag, data-delete="true", then use jQuery to find them. – ShiftyThomas Jan 11 '13 at 14:07
Nah. Anytime it's a submit button with the name of "delete" with a value of "delete", I want it to confirm "Are you sure" before submitting the form. – Phillip Senn Jan 11 '13 at 16:22

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$(':submit[name="Delete"][value="Delete"]').click(function() {
return window.confirm(this.title || 'Delete this record?');
});

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answered Jan 1 '10 at 20:58
David Hellsing
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This answer was written in 2010. I would use $('form').on('click','input:submit[name=Delete][value="Delete"]',function() {}) now. – Phillip Senn Jan 11 '13 at 16:24
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As in your Company? Well ok, but that doesn’t necessarily apply to everyone... so it’s not a very helpful addition to the answer IMO. – David Hellsing Jan 12 '13 at 10:43

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The following would apply to all present, and future instances of any submit button having both the name and value of "Delete":

$(function(){

$(":submit[name='Delete'][value='Delete']").live("click", function(e){
e.preventDefault(); // remove if not necessary
// Seriously, delete it.
});

});

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answered Jan 1 '10 at 20:44
Sampson
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Jonathan, you bring up a good point using the live method. Back in 2010 that was an excellent point. Q: Does the "on" method use event delegation? – Phillip Senn Mar 8 '12 at 0:54

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Something like this maybe?

$('input:submit[name="Delete"][value="Delete"]')

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answered Jan 1 '10 at 20:44
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Your question is a bit vague, but if I interpret it correctly, you actually want to know the syntax to select a input type="submit" name="Delete" value="Delete" in jQuery?

If so, here it is:

$('input:submit[name="Delete"][value="Delete"]')

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answered Jan 1 '10 at 20:44
BalusC
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A bit vague? My goodness I don't know how much more I could have put into the question without going on and on! – Phillip Senn Jan 2 '10 at 4:30
The topic title did in no way cover the actual problem/question. – BalusC Jan 2 '10 at 6:58

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