The HTML onsubmit event attribute is triggered when the form is submitted in an HTML document.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
<tagname onsubmit=”script”></tagname>
Let us see an example of HTML onsubmit event Attribute −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> body { color: #000; height: 100vh; background: linear-gradient(62deg, #FBAB7E 0%, #F7CE68 100%) no-repeat; text-align: center; padding: 20px; } textarea { border: 2px solid #fff; background: transparent; font-size: 1rem; } ::placeholder { color: #000; font-size: 1rem; } .btn { background: #db133a; border: none; height: 2rem; border-radius: 2px; width: 40%; display: block; color: #fff; outline: none; cursor: pointer; margin: 1rem auto; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>HTML onsubmit Event Attribute Demo</h1> <form onsubmit="submitFn()"> <textarea placeholder="Enter your message here" onreset="resetFn()" rows='8' cols="50"></textarea> <input type="submit" value="SUBMIT" class="btn"> </form> <div class="show"></div> <script> function submitFn() { confirm("Form was submitted"); } </script> </body> </html>
Output
Click on “SUBMIT” button to observe how onsubmit event attribute works -