JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form id="foo" action="http://google.com">
    
    <input name="bar" />
    <input type="submit" />
    
</form>

JavaScript

var form = $('#foo');

function validate() {
    form[0].submit();
}

form.submit(function () {
    validate();
    return false;
});