javascript submit() is not a function?

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submit is not a function in javascript

Why is the following basic javascript function giving me an error document.getElementById("form").submit is not a function.

The only thing i have on a page is a form and this javascript function. I want he form to auto submit when page is accessed.

<script>
 window.onload = function(){
 document.getElementById('form').submit();
}
</script>

Please post the markup that includes the element with ID: 'form'. — George Cummins, Jun 29 '11 at 19:00

score 69 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '11 at 19:00

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Make sure that there is no name="submit" or id="submit" in the form

answered Jun 29 '11 at 19:00

Naftali

also make sure there is no `onsumbit="somefunction()"` – Adam M. Sep 03 '15 at 10:35
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No. that _should_ be ok @AdamM. – Naftali Sep 03 '15 at 17:25
Ok. I came here because of this problem, then I removed my onsubmit and it worked. Now I can't reproduce it anymore hmmm so ye it should be ok as you said. – Adam M. Sep 04 '15 at 07:19
@AdamM. your onsubmit was probably doing something that stopped the default action or something (or prevented event bubbling etc) – Naftali Sep 04 '15 at 15:48
I wish there were a better way because lots of people name and id their submit button with "submit". – joshreesjones May 08 '16 at 20:15

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '11 at 19:01

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This is probably because the form contains input with name=submit; then the submit property contains object of the element. Rename it or use

document.createElement('form').submit.call(document.getElementById('form'));

answered Jun 29 '11 at 19:01

duri

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Very nice. A lifesaver when working with 3rd party frameworks. – John Smith Aug 23 '15 at 08:29

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