Testing for focus

[Mike Irwin]

I'd like to prevent a submit button from getting focus unless a particular
textbox or radio button is selected.

For example, if a user clicks anywhere within a form, the submit button is
focused and will submit whatever data is present if the user accidentally
presses Enter/Return. I would like to prevent this from happening unless
the user's cursor is within a textbox or the selection is on a radio button.
Is this possible? I believe this only happens with IE/Win.

[HikksNotAtHome]

In article <O%************ *******@bignews 4.bellsouth.net >, "Mike Irwin"
<mi**@faroutfre akyshit.com> writes:

I'd like to prevent a submit button from getting focus unless a particular
textbox or radio button is selected.

For example, if a user clicks anywhere within a form, the submit button is
focused and will submit whatever data is present if the user accidentally
presses Enter/Return. I would like to prevent this from happening unless
the user's cursor is within a textbox or the selection is on a radio button.
Is this possible? I believe this only happens with IE/Win.

<input type="submit" onFocus="checkO therField()" name="mySubmit" >

function checkOtherField (){
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){
document.someFo rm.mySubmit.blu r()
}
}

Or:

<input type="submit" onFocus="
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){this. blur()}
" name="mySubmit" >

Although, a better all around solution is to use the onSubmit of the form to
check it, instead of focus:

<form name="someForm" onSubmit="retur n checkOtherField ()">

function checkOtherField (){
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){retur n false}
else{return true}
}
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Randy

[Mike Irwin]

"HikksNotAtHome " <hi************ @aol.com> wrote in message
news:20******** *************** ****@mb-m06.aol.com...

<input type="submit" onFocus="checkO therField()" name="mySubmit" >

function checkOtherField (){
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){
document.someFo rm.mySubmit.blu r()
}
}

Or:

<input type="submit" onFocus="
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){this. blur()}
" name="mySubmit" >

Although, a better all around solution is to use the onSubmit of the form to check it, instead of focus:

<form name="someForm" onSubmit="retur n checkOtherField ()">

function checkOtherField (){
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){retur n false}
else{return true}
}

Thanks for the reply, Randy. I believe this will work.