[thelist] JAVASCRIPT: confirmation dialog box that actually works!

[James Aylard]

David,

> Give this a try:
>
> <form action="" method="POST">
> <input type="Button" value="Test" id="myButton" onClick="validate()">
>
> <script language="JavaScript">
>
> function validate()
> {
> conf = confirm("Are you sure?");
> document.write(conf);
> }
>
> </script>
> </form>

    But this does nothing to cancel the form submission. To do that, you
need to return false in the onsubmit event of the form.

James Aylard