prevent form submission using jquery
<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="page_url" method="GET"> Search <input type='text' name='q' /> <input type='submit'/> </form> </body> </html>