web api instance method
HTMLFormElement: submit() method
The HTMLFormElement.submit() method submits a given
<form>.
This method is similar, but not identical to, activating a form’s submit
<button>. When invoking this method directly, however:
- No
submitevent is raised. In particular, the form’sonsubmitevent handler is not run. - Constraint validation is not triggered.
The requestSubmit() method is identical to activating a
form’s submit <button> and does not have these differences.
A form control (such as a submit button) with a name or id of submit will mask the form’s submit method. Trying to call myForm.submit(); throws an error “submit is not a function” because in this case submit refers to the form control which has a name or id of submit.
<input> with attribute type=“submit” will not be submitted with the
form when using HTMLFormElement.submit(), but it would be
submitted when you do it with original HTML form submit.
Syntax
submit()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
document.forms["my-form"].submit();