[thelist] JS alerts not working for input type=radio buttons

Sat Feb 23 07:46:01 CST 2002

Yuriy -

Thanks for your suggestion. The one Andrew provided turned out to be just what worked with my situation as follows:

[snippet]
The group of radio buttons with the same name is accessed as an
array (the first entry is indexed with 0).

if (!theForm.demo[0].checked && !theForm.demo[1].checked)
{
  alert("Please click on one of them little round doo-hickeys.");
  // You could set focus on the button you think the user is most likely to
click.
  // This is helpful for users who hit Enter to "check" radio buttons.
  theForm.demo[0].focus();
  return false;
}
[/snippet]

Appreciate your input.

Best,
Sharon

From: "Yuriy" <work at avg-team.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:16 AM

> As i understand you need something like this:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <script language=javascript>
> function test() {
> if (document.forms[0].radio_1.status==true) alert ("hey-ho!");
> else alert ("nope");
> }
> </script>
> </head>
> <body onClick="javascript:test();">
> <form>
> <input type=radio name="radio_1">
> </Form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> if this will not help, let me know :-).
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