How to Auto-Submit a Form After a Lookup Field Updates in Formidable Forms?

By: BENJAMIN HAMEL-THEBERGE | Asked: 01/09/2026
ForumsCategory: General questionsHow to Auto-Submit a Form After a Lookup Field Updates in Formidable Forms?
BENJAMIN HAMEL-THEBERGE asked 2 weeks ago

Hi everyone,

 

I’m trying to set up a form in Formidable Forms that auto-submits right after a lookup field is populated. Here’s what I have so far:

 

1. The form starts by focusing on a “Scan ID” field.

2. Once a code is scanned, a lookup field (“Name”) is filled in automatically based on that Scan ID.

3. I want the form to auto-submit as soon as the Name field is populated.

 

Right now, the lookup field populates correctly via AJAX, but the form doesn’t auto-submit. It seems like the lookup update doesn’t trigger a standard “change” event that I can listen to.

 

**My question:** Is there an official event or a recommended way to detect when a lookup field has finished updating its value via AJAX? I’m looking for any internal hook, event, or best practice to reliably trigger the form submission once the lookup field is filled.

 

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

1 Answers
Victor Font Staff answered 1 week ago

Hook into the AJAX complete event and do a form.submit() if everything passes your checks.

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