JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form id="searchForm">
    <input type="text" name="myInput" value="myValue">
    <input type="submit" name="mySubmit" value="mySubmitValue">
</form>

<table>
    <tr class="row_header"><td><a id="myLink" href="myLocation.php">The Link </a></td></tr>
</table>

JavaScript

$( "#myLink" ).click(function() {
var form =  $( "#searchForm" ); 
    form.action=$(this).attr('href');
    console.log(form.action);
   form.submit();
});