The :submit selector selects button and input elements with type=submit.
$(":submit")
Select <input> and <button> elements with type="submit":
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $(":submit").css("background-color", "red"); });//from w ww . ja v a2s . c o m </script> </head> <body> <form action=""> Name: <input type="text" name="user"><br> Password: <input type="password" name="password"><br> <button type="button">Useless Button</button> <input type="button" value="CSS"><br> <input type="reset" value="Reset"> <input type="submit" value="Submit"><br> </form> </body> </html>