Ok, so various forms of this question have been asked, but I can't find enough information to make my particular case work, so here is the context of what I'm trying to do:
I have a form which has half of its elements displayed on the page like normal, and the other half of its elements are displayed in a modal (on the same page, but starts out hidden and with all elements pre-populated with info off of a DB, so they are valid by default). This form also has 2 submit buttons, one on the page at the bottom of the 1st half of elements, and another on the modal itself. When the first submit button is clicked, I want the form to perform regular native HTML5 validation (yes, it will have to perform this on the entire form, including those fields in the modal, however, as I said, they are pre-populated off of a DB so they will be valid by default).
However, once all elements on the page itself are valid, I DON'T want the form to submit yet. Instead, I want to display the Modal with the other half of the elements (again, already pre-populated with info from the DB - I want the user to confirm that info). When the submit button contained on the modal is clicked, I want it to perform the same regular HTML5 validation and then actually submit the form (as long as it's all still valid).
So, I found the following jquery in another answer which allows the browser to perform the HTML5 validation on the form, but blocks the submit event:
$(function() {
$('#form').submit(function(event){
// cancels the form submission
event.preventDefault();
});
});
My problem is this, I only want the above jquery to run on the first submit button's click, and not the second button's click. If there is a way to do this, I think my problem will be solved. Again, the reason I'm doing this is because I want the user to confirm the information that is displayed on the modal which pops up before the entire form is completely submitted...I know I could mitigate this by not using a modal at all and having everything on the one page, but I really want to use the modal. Sorry if this question is misplaced, has already been answered, confusing, or anything else. If it is confusing or you need more explanation/code let me know and I will edit the question.
Thanks in advance.