[thelist] detecting form fields in JS

[Joshua OIson]

Do the buttons absolutly have to be submit buttons?  If you are expecting
the client to have javascript you could make all but the default button an
actual HTML button (ie. <input type="button" onclick="form.submit">) and
have the javascript submit the form, and make the one you want to access by
default be an actual submit button (ie, <input type="submit">)

-joshua

----- Original Message -----
From: "jeff" <jeff at members.evolt.org>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:13 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] detecting form fields in JS


> matthew,
>
> :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> : From: Matthew Walker
> :
> : Anybody know how to control which submit button
> : on a form is the default if somebody just hits enter?
> : It seems to be the first one encountered in the
> : HTML (in IE anyway).
> :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> you can't affect it directly with straight html.  also, no promises you'll
> get anything like this to work in nn4/nn6.  just grab the keycode from the
> document and call the click() method on the button you want it to default
> to.
>
> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
> <!--
>   function keyDown()
>   {
>     if(event.keyCode == 13)
>     {
>       document.forms[0].button2.click();
>     }
>   }
>
>   document.onkeydown = keyDown;
> // -->
> </script>
>
> however, if you have textareas within your form this method will cause you
> some problems as the user will need to use the [enter] key.  when they do
> they'll get some odd behavior - namely an error.  so, you'll need to
> identify when any textareas receive focus and not perform this function if
a
> textarea has focus.  the improved function would look like this:
>
> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
> <!--
>   var textareaFocused = false;
>
>   function keyDown()
>   {
>     if(event.keyCode == 13 && !textareaFocused)
>     {
>       document.forms[0].button2.click();
>     }
>   }
>
>   document.onkeydown = keyDown;
> // -->
> </script>
>
> and then you'd need to include the following in every textarea:
>
> onFocus="textareaFocused = true" onBlur="textareaFocused = false"
>
> again, this code assumes that the only browser using it is ie4+.  nn4/nn6
> will puke on it without some modifications.
>
> good luck,
>
> jeff
>
> name://jeff.howden
> game://web.development
> http://www.evolt.org/
> mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org
>
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