278407 - javascript submit() does not work when form field name=submit exists

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 72156

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, defect)

Description

[J]

When an input field exists with the name="submit", the javascript
document.form.submit() doesn't work.
either
Error: document.form.submit is not a function
or
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Cannot convert WrappedNative to
function"  nsresult: "0x8057000d (NS_ERROR_XPC_CANT_CONVERT_WN_TO_FUN)" 
location: "JS frame :: http://../form.php :: checkform :: line 43"  data: no]

last checked with Gecko/20050113 Firefox/1.0+
This may be the root cause of many form submit problems, as many sites name
their submit buttons "submit".

Comment 1

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

it's document.forms[0].submit() in proper javascript

Comment 2

[J]

(In reply to comment #1)
> it's document.forms[0].submit() in proper javascript

Changed from a named form <form name="form"> to an unnamed numerically sequenced
form as suggested. Error still exists.

Comment 3

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

can you put a simplified version of the form online , so we can have a look ?

Comment 4

[Erik Fabert]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 72156 ***