Using Javascript to submit a form with multiple submit buttons as a user

Question

I'm trying to figure out (on the client side) how to use javascript to submit a specific submit button for a form with multiple submit buttons.

Currently,

            document.forms[0].submit()

does not seem to be working because it submits the first submit button instead of the second one, which is what I want to be submitted.

Is there a way to submit only the second submit button?

Here is an example of the buttons:

            <input type="submit" class="submitButton_1" id="cancelButton" value="Cancel"
               title="Cancel" name="cancel"/>

            <input type="submit" class="submitButton_2 "  id="Button" value="Test"
                   title="Test" name="TestButton"/>

What's that "Cancel" supposed to do? Could you replace it with a "Reset"? Ex.: <input type="reset" class="submitButton_1" id="cancelButton" value="Cancel" title="Cancel" name="cancel"/> — Jonathan
– Jonathan, Commented Oct 17, 2014 at 2:55
@chipChocolate.py—that will submit the second form, the OP wants to submit the first form but with the second submit button. — RobG
– RobG, Commented Oct 17, 2014 at 3:06
Call the second button's click method: document.forms[0].TestButton.click(). — RobG
– RobG, Commented Oct 17, 2014 at 3:07

tdlive aw'sum · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-17 02:49:04Z

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document.getElementById('whatever-id-here').click();

will "click" on the button with ID whatever-id-here

answered Oct 17, 2014 at 2:49

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RobG Over a year ago

More appropriate for the OP is likely document.forms[0].cancel.click() or document.forms[0].TestButton.click().

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