Capturing a form submit with jquery and .submit

Just replace the form.submit function with your own implementation:

var form = document.getElementById('form');
var formSubmit = form.submit; //save reference to original submit function

form.onsubmit = function(e)
{
    formHandler();
    return false;
};

var formHandler = form.submit = function()
{
    alert('hi there');
    formSubmit(); //optionally submit the form
};

Just a tip: Remember to put the code detection on document.ready, otherwise it might not work. That was my case.

Wrap the code in document ready and prevent the default submit action:

$(function() { //shorthand document.ready function
    $('#login_form').on('submit', function(e) { //use on if jQuery 1.7+
        e.preventDefault();  //prevent form from submitting
        var data = $("#login_form :input").serializeArray();
        console.log(data); //use the console for debugging, F12 in Chrome, not alerts
    });
});

try this:

Use ´return false´ for to cut the flow of the event:

$('#login_form').submit(function() {
    var data = $("#login_form :input").serializeArray();
    alert('Handler for .submit() called.');
    return false;  // <- cancel event
});

Edit

corroborate if the form element with the 'length' of jQuery:

alert($('#login_form').length) // if is == 0, not found form
$('#login_form').submit(function() {
    var data = $("#login_form :input").serializeArray();
    alert('Handler for .submit() called.');
    return false;  // <- cancel event
});

OR:

it waits for the DOM is ready:

jQuery(function() {

    alert($('#login_form').length) // if is == 0, not found form
    $('#login_form').submit(function() {
        var data = $("#login_form :input").serializeArray();
        alert('Handler for .submit() called.');
        return false;  // <- cancel event
    });

});

Do you put your code inside the event "ready" the document or after the DOM is ready?