phx-trigger-action: check for cloned tree

assets/js/phoenix_live_view/dom.js

@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ let DOM = {
   isTextualInput(el){ return FOCUSABLE_INPUTS.indexOf(el.type) >= 0 },
 
   isNowTriggerFormExternal(el, phxTriggerExternal){
-    return el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute(phxTriggerExternal) !== null
+    return el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute(phxTriggerExternal) !== null && document.body.contains(el)
   },
 
   cleanChildNodes(container, phxUpdate){

assets/js/phoenix_live_view/dom_patch.js

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export default class DOMPatch {
     let focused = liveSocket.getActiveElement()
     let {selectionStart, selectionEnd} = focused && DOM.hasSelectionRange(focused) ? focused : {}
     let phxUpdate = liveSocket.binding(PHX_UPDATE)
+    let externalFormTriggered = null
 
     morphdom(container, clonedTree, {
       childrenOnly: false,
@@ -42,9 +43,19 @@ export default class DOMPatch {
           DOM.mergeFocusedInput(fromEl, toEl)
           return false
         }
+        if(DOM.isNowTriggerFormExternal(toEl, liveSocket.binding(PHX_TRIGGER_ACTION))){
+          externalFormTriggered = toEl
+        }
       }
     })
 
+    if(externalFormTriggered){
+      liveSocket.unload()
+      // use prototype's submit in case there's a form control with name or id of "submit"
+      // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLFormElement/submit
+      Object.getPrototypeOf(externalFormTriggered).submit.call(externalFormTriggered)
+    }
+
     liveSocket.silenceEvents(() => DOM.restoreFocus(focused, selectionStart, selectionEnd))
   }
 
@@ -228,7 +239,7 @@ export default class DOMPatch {
             return false
           }
           if(fromEl.type === "number" && (fromEl.validity && fromEl.validity.badInput)){ return false }
-          // If the element has  PHX_REF_SRC, it is loading or locked and awaiting an ack.
+          // If the element has PHX_REF_SRC, it is loading or locked and awaiting an ack.
           // If it's locked, we clone the fromEl tree and instruct morphdom to use
           // the cloned tree as the source of the morph for this branch from here on out.
           // We keep a reference to the cloned tree in the element's private data, and

assets/test/dom_test.js

@@ -181,9 +181,15 @@ describe("DOM", () => {
   test("isNowTriggerFormExternal", () => {
     let form
     form = tag("form", {"phx-trigger-external": ""}, "")
+    document.body.appendChild(form)
     expect(DOM.isNowTriggerFormExternal(form, "phx-trigger-external")).toBe(true)
 
     form = tag("form", {}, "")
+    document.body.appendChild(form)
+    expect(DOM.isNowTriggerFormExternal(form, "phx-trigger-external")).toBe(false)
+
+    // not in the DOM -> false
+    form = tag("form", {"phx-trigger-external": ""}, "")
     expect(DOM.isNowTriggerFormExternal(form, "phx-trigger-external")).toBe(false)
   })