---
permalink: "pat/preventdoublesubmit/"
title: Prevent double submit
---

# Prevent double submit pattern.

Prevent multiple submissions of the same form.

## Configuration

|     Option      |  Type  |                                        Default                                         |                                  Description                                   |
| :-------------: | :----: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| guardClassName  | string |                                      "submitting"                                      |            Class applied to submit button after it is clicked once.            |
| optOutClassName | string |                                   "allowMultiSubmit"                                   |      Class used to opt-out a submit button from double-submit prevention.      |
|     message     | string | "You already clicked the submit button. Do you really want to submit this form again?" | Message to be displayed when "opt-out" submit button is clicked a second time. |

## Example

<form class="pat-preventdoublesubmit" onsubmit="javascript:return false;">
  <input type="text" value="submit this value please!" />
  <input class="btn btn-large btn-primary" type="submit" value="Single submit" />
  <input class="btn btn-large btn-primary allowMultiSubmit" type="submit" value="Multi submit" />
</form>

```html
<form class="pat-preventdoublesubmit" onsubmit="javascript:return false;">
    <input type="text" value="submit this value please!" />
    <input class="btn btn-large btn-primary" type="submit" value="Single submit" />
    <input
        class="btn btn-large btn-primary allowMultiSubmit"
        type="submit"
        value="Multi submit"
    />
</form>
```