[Javascript] Auto deleselecting a check box

[Paul Novitski]

Mike, I think you're wrong (at least in IE & Netscape), both about the 
onclick() event not responding to the keyboard (space bar), and about the 
onchange() event applying to an input/checkbox tag.

<input type=checkbox onchange="alert('change');" onclick="alert('click');"> 
Try this

Paul


At 02:04 PM 4/29/2004, Mike Dougherty wrote:
>>see html content change so much that I try to save myself a lot of work 
>>by making my scripts a bit light on their feet and more forgiving of page 
>>format & content changes...
>   This is especially good advice if your "webmaster" is doing 
> layout/content and then hands you a clunky HTML picture and asks you to 
> make it 'work'  (then decides to again change the layout)
>
>>Also, Peter, your code assumes that the onClick event occurs when a 
>>country box is checked, whereas it will also fire if one is unchecked, so 
>>you really need to include the value of the checked property in your logic.
>
>   The onClick method does not fire if you (gasp) use the keyboard.  If 
> the object preceeding this control in the tabbing order was some kind of 
> text entry, then the onChange method might be advisable - if a checkbox 
> is clicked: it implicitly changes the value.  If there is no change upon 
> moving through the control with Tab, then there's nothing to do 
> anyway.  Whichever method is used, I agree that the state of the 
> control's "checked" property should be considered if only for 'best 
> practice' defensive coding.
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