[jQuery] Re: stopping form submission?

[Mike Alsup]

> Clicking on an input with type of submit. Then the javascript:
>
> $('#form_register').submit(function () {
>         alert('die');
>         return false;
>
> });
>
> Yet this isn't stopping the event. In prototype, you could observe the
> submit event, and call event.stop(). Anything similar in jQuery?
>
> Thanks!

You have the right syntax; that should be preventing the submit from
occurring.  Do you have the code wrapped in a ready block?

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#form_register').submit(function () {
        return false;
    });
});