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Brian
Brian

Reputation: 2829

IE11-Only Submit Bug

I have a form on a page, something simple like:

<form action="form/submit" method="post">
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

It works in every single browser, including older versions of IE, BUT in IE11 it fails, with the tab stuck in a continuous loading loop, never changing to the "thank you" page after submission. HOWEVER, if I open the console, it DOES work.

I'm aware of the console.log issues IE has, and already am using:

if (!window.console) {
    console = {
        log: function() {}
    };
}

to avoid it, which seems to be doing fine (as mentioned, every other IE works). Any insight as to where the issue might lie?

Upvotes: 23

Views: 43087

Answers (8)

DependencyHell
DependencyHell

Reputation: 1071

For IE11, there is :

event.returnValue = false;

Checking if event.preventDefault exists prevent an eventual error :

event.preventDefault ? event.preventDefault() : (event.returnValue = false);

Upvotes: 0

Kevin Qi
Kevin Qi

Reputation: 3260

This doesn't directly relate to OP's question, but is an IE-only form submission issue:

If you happen to set form.prop('disabled', true) during the submit event, other browsers will still send the form data, but IE will not - it'll send an empty request body.

Upvotes: 4

Jake Cattrall
Jake Cattrall

Reputation: 461

For me, I had empty hidden fields that were marked required. Pretty stupid but it was the solution that worked for me.

Upvotes: 0

Toto
Toto

Reputation: 2440

A form without named element will result in an infinite loop on submit on IE11 + W8.1. To fix that, simply add an attribute name to the button:

<form action="form/submit" method="post">
  <input type="submit" name="cm" value="Submit">
</form>

Upvotes: 7

Alex Baban
Alex Baban

Reputation: 11732

It's a bug in IE11. You can fix it if you add a name attribute to the button, like:

<button type="submit" name="foo" ...

Upvotes: 10

punkbyte
punkbyte

Reputation: 206

I just spent WAY too much time on this bug. The crazy part is, IE11 allow the form submission if you have the dev tools (f12) open. This is what I put before my submit button:

<input type="hidden" name="ie11sux" id="ie11sux" value="<?php echo md5(microtime()."ie11sux"); ?>"/>

Upvotes: 11

Feng
Feng

Reputation: 83

Your problem is caused by a issue with .net 4 on server side. Please read this: 'WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions' is undefined in IE11 Preview

You can enable your IE debug function and try submit, you may see the error: WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions

I fixed a similar submit problem for IE11 by patch this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2836939

Upvotes: -1

pilif
pilif

Reputation: 12718

The problem appears when a form only has input elements without a name attribute (or no input elements). I found a reference to the bug here, though it also happens in desktop mode and not just metro mode as the link claims:

http://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/807447/ie-11-metro-version-submitting-form-fails-if-input-tag-has-no-name-attribute

The fix is to create a dummy <input type="hidden" name="dummy" value="something"> field (with a name and value set) before submitting the form.

The bug happens in all compatibility modes offered by IE11.

Upvotes: 32

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