jQuery doesn't submit a form

Question

I have the following HTML code:

Answer 1

I think you fire the submit event before the DOM is actually loaded, because if I try it, this code works:

$(document).ready(function(){

    // Submit handler, to prove everything works fine
    $('#umfrageForm').submit(function(){
        alert('hi');
        return false;
    });

    // Fire the submit event
    $('#umfrageForm').submit(); // alerts 'hi'
});

See: jsFiddle