Change form values after submit button pressed

Question

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Answer 1

Did you try adding function on click JavaScript event on the submit button and changing the values? It may work because client script will execute first

Answer 2

I'm curious about your statement that the submit handler didn't work for you. It does for me. I've used it for years to fill in hidden fields before sending forms in; should work for other form fields as well.

Example (live copy):

HTML:

<form id='theForm'
    action='http://www.google.com/search'
    method='GET' target='_new'>
      <label>Search for:
        <input type='text' name='q' id='txtSearch'></label>
      <input type='submit' id='btnSearch' value='Search'>

JavaScript:

window.onload = function() {

  document.getElementById('theForm').onsubmit = function() {
    var txt = document.getElementById('txtSearch');
    txt.value = "updated " + txt.value;
  };
};​

Tested and working on IE6 and IE7 on Windows, and Chrome, Firefox, and Opera on Linux.

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Update: Based on your comment below, you're using jQuery. Works fine using jQuery for everything as well:

$('#theForm').submit(function() {
  var txt = $('#txtSearch');
  txt.val("updated " + txt.val());
});

Live example Tested and working on the same set of browsers. This version uses a more open search rather than an id, and also still works.

Answer 3

You need to prevent the default submit action and then resubmit the form yourself manually:

$('form').submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    // do your processing

    this.submit(); // call the submit function on the element rather than 
                   // the jQuery selection to avoid an infinite loop
});