The submit
event fires when a <form>
is submitted.
Bubbles | Yes (although specified as a simple event that doesn't bubble) |
Cancelable | Yes |
Interface | SubmitEvent
|
Event handler property | GlobalEventHandlers.onsubmit
|
Note that the submit
event fires on the <form>
element itself, and not on any <button>
or <input type="submit"> inside it. However, the SubmitEvent
which is sent to indicate the form's submit action has been triggered includes a submitter
property, which is the button that was invoked to trigger the submit request.
The submit
event fires when the user clicks a submit button (<button>
or <input type="submit">) or presses Enter while editing a field (e.g. <input type="text">) in a form. The event is not sent to the form when calling the form.submit()
method directly.
Note: Trying to submit a form that does not pass validation triggers an invalid
event. In this case, the validation prevents form submission, and thus there is no submit
event.
Examples
This example uses EventTarget.addEventListener()
to listen for form submit, and logs the current Event.timeStamp
whenever that occurs, then prevents the default action of submitting the form.
HTML
<form id="form">
<label>Test field: <input type="text"></label>
<br><br>
<button type="submit">Submit form</button>
</form>
<p id="log"></p>
JavaScript
function logSubmit(event) {
log.textContent = `Form Submitted! Time stamp: ${event.timeStamp}`;
event.preventDefault();
}
const form = document.getElementById('form');
const log = document.getElementById('log');
form.addEventListener('submit', logSubmit);
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'submit' in that specification. | Working Draft | No change |
HTML 5.2The definition of 'submit' in that specification. | Recommendation | No change |
HTML 5.1The definition of 'submit' in that specification. | Recommendation | No change |
HTML5The definition of 'submit' in that specification. | Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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submit event
|
Chrome
Full support 1 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 1 |
IE
Full support 9 |
Opera
Full support 8 |
Safari
Full support 3 |
WebView Android
Full support 1 |
Chrome Android
Full support 18 |
Firefox Android
Full support 4 |
Opera Android
Full support 10.1 |
Safari iOS
Full support 1 |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
See also
HTMLFormElement: submit event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.