submit onlick prompt not working with IE??!!

[Geoff Cox]

Hello,

Very odd this?

I have a form which has

<input name="Submit" type="Submit" value="Click to send _
when finished" onclick="getName()">

and

function getName() {
var yourname = prompt("please give your first name and _
second name","type first name and second name here");
document.demoForm1.name.value = yourname;
}

This works OK with Firefox but not with Internet Explorer! No window
comes up asking for the name - just skips this part and sends the form
info by email.

Why should this be?!

Cheers

Geoff

[Randy Webb]

Geoff Cox said the following on 4/10/2007 4:40 AM:

Hello,

Very odd this?

I have a form which has

<input name="Submit" type="Submit" value="Click to send _
when finished" onclick="getName()">

and

function getName() {
var yourname = prompt("please give your first name and _
second name","type first name and second name here");
document.demoForm1.name.value = yourname;
}

This works OK with Firefox but not with Internet Explorer! No window
comes up asking for the name - just skips this part and sends the form
info by email.

Why should this be?!

Because the form is getting submitted before the prompt comes up.

--
Randy
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[Geoff Cox]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:38:09 -0400, Randy Webb
<Hi************@aol.comwrote:

>Geoff Cox said the following on 4/10/2007 4:40 AM:

>Hello,

Very odd this?

I have a form which has

<input name="Submit" type="Submit" value="Click to send _
when finished" onclick="getName()">

and

function getName() {
var yourname = prompt("please give your first name and _
second name","type first name and second name here");
document.demoForm1.name.value = yourname;
}

This works OK with Firefox but not with Internet Explorer! No window
comes up asking for the name - just skips this part and sends the form
info by email.

Why should this be?!

Because the form is getting submitted before the prompt comes up.

Randy,

I don't think so because it works for me with IE and Mozilla - someone
else does not see the prompt with IE, not even after the form has been
submitted.

Cheers

Geoff

[Lee]

Geoff Cox said:

>
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:38:09 -0400, Randy Webb
<Hi************@aol.comwrote:

>>Geoff Cox said the following on 4/10/2007 4:40 AM:

>>Hello,

Very odd this?

I have a form which has

<input name="Submit" type="Submit" value="Click to send _
when finished" onclick="getName()">

and

function getName() {
var yourname = prompt("please give your first name and _
second name","type first name and second name here");
document.demoForm1.name.value = yourname;
}

This works OK with Firefox but not with Internet Explorer! No window
comes up asking for the name - just skips this part and sends the form
info by email.

Why should this be?!

Because the form is getting submitted before the prompt comes up.

Randy,

I don't think so because it works for me with IE and Mozilla - someone
else does not see the prompt with IE, not even after the form has been
submitted.

Cheers

Geoff

Avoid using the onclick handler of a submit element.
Using the onsubmit handler of the form is more reliable.
Neither should be used to obtain more information from the user,
since there's little opportunity to validate the new data.
--

[Geoff Cox]

On 10 Apr 2007 08:37:59 -0700, Lee <RE**************@cox.netwrote:

>Avoid using the onclick handler of a submit element.
Using the onsubmit handler of the form is more reliable.
Neither should be used to obtain more information from the user,
since there's little opportunity to validate the new data.

Thanks Lee, in fact I have gone back to using a simple text box!

Cheers

Geoff