GlobalEventHandlers.onsubmit

An event handler for the submit event on the window.

Syntax

JavaScript
window.onsubmit = funcRef;

Parameters

  • funcRef is a reference to a function.

Example

JavaScript
<html>
<script>
function reg() {
  window.captureEvents(Event.SUBMIT);
  window.onsubmit = hit;
}
 
function hit() {
  console.log('hit');
}
</script>

<body onload="reg();">
<form>
  <input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<div id="d"> </div>
</body>
</html>

Notes

The submit event is raised when the user clicks a submit button in a form (<input type="submit"/>).

The submit event is not raised when the user calls form.submit() function directly.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'onsubmit' in that specification.		 Living Standard  

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/globaleventhandlers/onsubmit

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