[tlug] Re: Any HTML experts?

[Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com>]

Jesse Costa <dazeysan@example.com> wrote:
>> On 1/6/07, Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com> wrote:
>> > In HTML forms, is there any way to stop the pressing of the Enter
>> > key after putting in text in a <input type="text"  .... > box from
>> > sending in the whole form? Basically I'd like the *only* way for the
>> > form to be sent is the pressing of the <INPUT type="submit" .... >
>> > button.
[...]

>> I don't think it can be done with vanilla HTML, but this has very little
>> JavaScript and it's all in the tags, no extra <script> at the top:
>> 
>> <form name="myform" action="testform.html" method="get" onSubmit="return
>> false;">
>> <input type="text" name="text1" />
>> <input type="button" onClick="document.myform.submit();" value="Submit" />
>> </form>
>> 
>> In the form tag,  onSubmit="return false;"  will prevent the Enter key and
>> submit buttons from working.  A plain button, rather than a Submit button,
>> with the onClick event shown above will then submit the form.  This will
>> only respond to a direct click on the button or the Enter key when the
>> button has focus.
 
Walter Hansen <gandalf@example.com> added:
>>  <d0e978600701062126l1d593a44h80552ddc57ecd258@example.com>
>> 
>> I thought there might be a JS way to do this. Be sure to test it with 
>> javascript disabled. We used forms that used JS validation and I found 
>> that with JS turned off the forms were completely non functional.

Thanks for that suggestion, Jesse. It seems to work fine, but as 
Walter thought, disabling JS locks it up.

I may be able to give users a choice of forms.

Many thanks

Jim

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