Why can't I change the type of an input element to submit?

Question

I\'m calling this function:

function submit_button(button_id){
    $(\'#\' + button_id).attr(\'type\', \'submit\');
}

to make this button t

Answer 1

Why jQuery won't allow you to just change the type attribute?

Because it causes problems in Internet Explorer.

More info at: change type of input field with jQuery

"Straight from the jQuery source":

// We can't allow the type property to be changed (since it causes problems in IE)
if ( name == "type" && jQuery.nodeName( elem, "input" ) && elem.parentNode )
    throw "type property can't be changed";