Re: [tlug] Any HTML experts?

[Walter Hansen <gandalf@example.com>]

I thought there might be a JS way to do this. Be sure to test it with 
javascript disabled. We used forms that used JS validation and I found 
that with JS turned off the forms were completely non functional.

Jesse Costa wrote:
> On 1/6/07, Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com> wrote:
> > I've RTFMed (RedTFM?) but I haven't found an answer to this.
> >
> > In HTML forms, is there any way to stop the pressing of the Enter
> > key after putting in text in a <input type="text"  .... > box from
> > sending in the whole form? Basically I'd like the *only* way for the
> > form to be sent is the pressing of the <INPUT type="submit" .... >
> > button.
> >
> > I'm reluctant to change over to <textarea ....> boxes, because I
> > really only want single-line input.
> >
> > There's probably a Javascript solution, but I'd prefer a vanilla
> > HTML one.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Jim
>
> I don't think it can be done with vanilla HTML, but this has very little
> JavaScript and it's all in the tags, no extra <script> at the top:
>
> <form name="myform" action="testform.html" method="get" onSubmit="return
> false;">
> <input type="text" name="text1" />
> <input type="button" onClick="document.myform.submit();" value="Submit" />
> </form>
>
> In the form tag,  onSubmit="return false;"  will prevent the Enter key and
> submit buttons from working.  A plain button, rather than a Submit button,
> with the onClick event shown above will then submit the form.  This will
> only respond to a direct click on the button or the Enter key when the
> button has focus.
>
> HTH
>
> Jesse