Method Submit

dotnet/src/webdriver/WebElement.cs:611–632

Submits this element to the web server. If this current element is a form, or an element within a form, then this will be submitted to the web server. If this causes the current page to change, then this method will attempt to block until the new page is loaded. Thrown when the target element is no longer vali

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    /// is loaded.</remarks>
    /// <exception cref="StaleElementReferenceException">Thrown when the target element is no longer valid in the document DOM.</exception>
    public virtual void Submit()
    {
        string? elementType = this.GetAttribute("type");
        if (elementType != null && elementType == "submit")
        {
            this.Click();
        }
        else
        {
            string script = "/* submitForm */var form = arguments[0];\n" +
                            "while (form.nodeName != \"FORM\" && form.parentNode) {\n" +
                            "  form = form.parentNode;\n" +
                            "}\n" +
                            "if (!form) { throw Error('Unable to find containing form element'); }\n" +
                            "if (!form.ownerDocument) { throw Error('Unable to find owning document'); }\n" +
                            "var e = form.ownerDocument.createEvent('Event');\n" +
                            "e.initEvent('submit', true, true);\n" +
                            "if (form.dispatchEvent(e)) { HTMLFormElement.prototype.submit.call(form) }\n";

            this.driver.ExecuteScript(script, this);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a string that represents the current <see cref="WebElement"/>.