[Prototype] Why doesn't calling submit() on a form result in

Hi,

Is it normal that a call to $(‘some_form’).submit() doesn’t result in
the
execution of an onsubmit event handler on ‘some_form’?

Thanks,

  • Rowan

It’s just how forms work. The equivalent of clicking the submit
buttons is something more like:

if ($(‘my_form’).onsubmit()) $(‘my_form’).submit();

When submitting a form with Ajax, onsubmit serializes the form,
initiates the remote request and returns false. submit() is never run.

-Jonathan.

I should have (but hadn’t) realized that I could simply run
$(‘my_form’).unsubmit() myself.

Thanks for kindly pointing me where I should have looked in the first
place
:slight_smile:

  • Rowan