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 have found that this error will occur when using the onclick attribute to call a JavaScript function with the same name as either the id or name attributes on an input element:

This behavior occurs irrespective of input type.