JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form name="details" method="post" action="/echo/html/">
    <input id="sortdata" name="html" />
    
</form>

<button>Click here to test</button>

JavaScript

function submitform() {
    $(document.details).submit(); //same as .trigger('submit')
}

$('form').submit(function () {
    $('#sortdata').val('yay it worked');
    return true;
});

//for testing
$('button').click(function() {
    submitform();
});