TypeError: '[object HTMLInputElement]' is not a function (evaluating 'elem[ type ]()') in jQuery form.submit()

Question

Has never run into this issue? I\'m getting this error in the latest release of jQuery. I tried with version 1.6.2 and there is no issue.

TypeError: \'[object HT         


        

Answer 1

I hade a similar issue with safari recently on a bit of javascript to submit a form. Turned out to be due to the submit input element having the name="submit", which was conflicting causing it to return it as not being a function.