Request submit instead of submitting a form

11 July 2022

HTMLFormElement.requestSubmit() in a nutshell. 👇

Spec: https://t.co/vlsZfoYdQA
MDN: https://t.co/pJcTn6WMPZ #devsheets

Video alt: Form that is not submitting on button click due to failing validations. `submit()` ignores errors and submits – `requestSubmit()` validates first. pic.twitter.com/tJTWt5xEXS
— Stefan Judis (@stefanjudis) February 14, 2020

Using form.requestSumit() is sometimes useful (I don't use form.submit() that often) to let the built-in browser validation kick in before sending off the form to the server.

Request submit instead of submitting a form

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