[thelist] Form Submittal on Enter

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Jan 28 14:32:01 CST 2002


andrew,

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> From: Andrew Clover
>
> > I have noticed that IE4.0 (and perhaps others) will
> > submit a form when the user hits the "Enter" key even
> > when there is more than one field in the form.
>
> Yes. You'll be pleased to know all other new browsers
> emulate IE's behaviour, contradicting the HTML spec.
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i couldn't find anywhere in the html4.01 spec where it says the user agent
shouldn't submit the form with the enter key.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html

perhaps you have a link to a document that contradicts this or provides
further information?

thanks,

.jeff

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