Probably not the optimal solution, but tests pass.

diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 76b1dfb..0f976a0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
                        add: function( proxy, data, namespaces ) {
                                jQuery.extend( proxy, data || {} );
                                proxy.guid += data.selector + data.live;
-                               jQuery.event.add( this, data.live, liveHandler );
+                               jQuery.event.add( this, data.live, liveHandler, data );
                        },
 
                        remove: function( namespaces ) {
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ jQuery.Event.prototype = {
                if ( !e ) {
                        return;
                }
+               
                // if preventDefault exists run it on the original event
                if ( e.preventDefault ) {
                        e.preventDefault();
@@ -533,6 +534,41 @@ jQuery.each({
        };
 });
 
+(function() {
+       
+       var event = jQuery.event,
+               special = event.special,
+               handle  = event.handle;
+
+       special.submit = {
+               setup: function(data, namespaces) {
+                       if(data.selector) {
+                               event.add(this, 'click.specialSubmit', function(e, eventData) {
+                                       if(jQuery(e.target).filter(":submit, :image").closest(data.selector).length) {
+                                               e.type = "submit";
+                                               return handle.call( this, e, eventData );
+                                       }
+                               });
+                               
+                               event.add(this, 'keypress.specialSubmit', function( e, eventData ) {
+                                       if(jQuery(e.target).filter(":text, :password").closest(data.selector).length) {
+                                               e.type = "submit";
+                                               return handle.call( this, e, eventData );
+                                       }
+                               });
+                       } else {
+                               return false;
+                       }
+               },
+               
+               remove: function(namespaces) {
+                       event.remove(this, 'click.specialSubmit');
+                       event.remove(this, 'keypress.specialSubmit');
+               }
+       };
+       
+})();
+
 // Create "bubbling" focus and blur events
 jQuery.each({
        focus: "focusin",

diff --git a/test/unit/event.js b/test/unit/event.js
index 197406b..d2da8e2 100644 (file)
--- a/test/unit/event.js
+++ b/test/unit/event.js
@@ -798,6 +798,22 @@ test(".live()/.die()", function() {
        jQuery('span#liveSpan1').die('click');
 });
 
+test("live with submit", function() {
+       var count = 0;
+       
+       jQuery("#testForm").live("submit", function() {
+               count++;
+               return false;
+       });
+       
+       jQuery("#testForm input[name=sub1]")[0].click();
+       jQuery("#testForm input[name=T1]").trigger({type: "keypress", keyCode: 13});
+       
+       equals(2, count);
+       
+       jQuery("#testForm").die("submit");
+});
+
 test("live with focus/blur", function(){
        expect(2);