[Javascript] disabling form on submit

[Tim Makins]

Hmmm, sounds complicated. Why not have a variable set to 1, that is
incremented each time the 'submit' button is pressed, and sent as a hidden
value to your script ?

Tim in Ireland.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugo Ahlenius" <Hugo.Ahlenius at grida.no>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: [Javascript] disabling form on submit


> Hi,
>
> I have a little issue, I am trying to create a javascript file that I
> can easily include on web pages.
>
> My idea is to have an include that disables all the form elements on
> submit of the form (to signal that it is processing, and to prevent the
> user from pressing the submit button multiple times).
>
> My problem is that   if the form elements are disabled before the
> submit, then they are not sent to the action Url (expected behaviour).
>
> If I use the onsubmit event on the form and set it to "this.submit();
> doDisable(); return false;", then it works fine. But no I want to take
> this a step further and avoid adding code to that event, rather have the
> javascript attach that event to all forms.
>
> And that is where the headache starts. I am not sure how to
> addEventListener/attachEvent to ensure that the disabling is happing
> after the submission...
>
> Any input/tips... ?
>
>
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