FF - doesn't work $('#target').submit();

Question

If I try to invoke $('#basicForm').submit(); where basicForm is

<form method="post" action="http://127.0.0.1:6789/BasicUploadFile/" id="basicForm"
    enctype="multipart/form-data" target="basicuploader_iframe">
  <div id="basicFilesInputContainer" class="basicInputContainer">
    <div class="mybutton btn-green basicAddButton" id="basicAddButton">Add file(s)</div>
    <input type="file" name="myFiles" size="200" multiple class="basicInputButton" id="basicUploadFile">
  </div>
  <div id="basicUploadFileSubmit">
    <div class="basicSubmitButton mybutton btn-blue" >Upload files</div>
    <input type="submit" id="basicUploadFileSubmitBtn" style="visibility:hidden" >
  </div>
  <input type="reset" class="mybutton btn-red basicDelButton" value="Delete files" name="resetBtn" id="basicUploadFileReset">
</form>

It works fine in every browser (Chrome, Opera, Safari), but in FireFox it doesn't work. Even more it crashes FF!!! Is it FF bug? Thanks.

Where do you invoke it? What does FireBug Console tell's you? — Manuel Rauber, Jun 02 '12 at 06:49
"Crashes" FF as in, it hangs your browser? What FF version? The problem is hardly related to the single line of code which you showed. — Fabrício Matté, Jun 02 '12 at 06:50
As much as I can test it, it works for me on FF nightly on Linux. — huon, Jun 02 '12 at 06:51
FireBug doesn't say anything. As I said FF crashes. I use FF v12.0 — Nolesh, Jun 02 '12 at 06:56
Sorry guys! I was trying to invoke `$ ('#basicUploadFileSubmitBtn').click();`. Just forgot refresh page. But `$ ('#basicUploadFileSubmitBtn').click();` doesn't work at all! If someone know why I'll appreciate. Thanks — Nolesh, Jun 02 '12 at 07:10
Firefox 13 beta 6 works for me. It works with `.click()` and `$('#basicUploadFileSubmitBtn').trigger("click");` — Robert Niestroj, Jun 02 '12 at 07:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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You may want to check out this related question: Submit a form using jQuery

I think the original way you wrote the question is correct. You should be using:

$("#basicForm").submit();

to trigger the submit action.

Alternatively, some more info about what you're submitting could help. It looks like you're trying to test an upload script on your localhost. I found a post here where a user noted that FF 12 seems to upload files more slowly than other browsers: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/927382

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Jun 02 '12 at 07:28

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What's the difference between your code and the code in the question? – huon Jun 02 '12 at 07:35

FF - doesn't work $('#target').submit();

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