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How can I submit this form on criteriaBlur?

<form>
<input type="text" name="criteria1" onblur="criteriaBlur(this);">
</form>

function criteriaBlur( obj ) {
if( ... ) {
//submit form
}
}

"Matthew256" <PRESENT321@gmail.comwrote:

Quote:

>How can I submit this form on criteriaBlur?
>
><form>
><input type="text" name="criteria1" onblur="criteriaBlur(this);">
></form>
>
>function criteriaBlur( obj ) {
>if( ... ) {
>//submit form
>}
>}

<form id="myform">
<input type="text" name="criteria1" onblur="criteriaBlur(this);">
</form>

function criteriaBlur( obj )
{
document.getElementById("myform").submit();
}

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Tim Slattery
Slattery_T@bls.gov

Matthew256 said the following on 10/30/2006 11:56 AM:

Quote:

How can I submit this form on criteriaBlur?
>
<form>
<input type="text" name="criteria1" onblur="criteriaBlur(this);">
</form>
>
function criteriaBlur( obj ) {
if( ... ) {
//submit form
}
}

Give your form an ID and then submit() the form:

document.forms['formID'].submit();

But, for the record, that is a dumb way to submit a form.

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Randy
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Oh bother. I was hoping there was a cleaner way.
Thanks for your help!

On Oct 30, 12:23 pm, Tim Slattery <Slatter...@bls.govwrote:

Quote:

"Matthew256" <PRESENT...@gmail.comwrote:

Quote:

How can I submit this form on criteriaBlur?

>

Quote:

>

Quote:

function criteriaBlur( obj ) {
if( ... ) {
//submit form
}
}<form id="myform">

<input type="text" name="criteria1" onblur="criteriaBlur(this);">
</form>
>
function criteriaBlur( obj )
{
document.getElementById("myform").submit();
>
}--
Tim Slattery
Slatter...@bls.gov

Matthew256 said the following on 10/30/2006 12:48 PM:

Answer:It destroys the order of the conversation
Question: Why?
Answer: Top-Posting.
Question: Whats the most annoying thing on Usenet?

Quote:

Oh bother. I was hoping there was a cleaner way.

"Cleaner way"? Sure:

obj.form.submit();

Quote:

Thanks for your help!

Thanks for not top-posting next time.

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Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

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