submit() not defined? WTF?

[The Natural Philosopher]

I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..

But this one has got me stumped.

I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..

My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?

Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.

Heres the snippet..

if (confirm(message))
submit();

[RobG]

On Aug 30, 6:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..

But this one has got me stumped.

I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..

My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?

Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.

Heres the snippet..

if (confirm(message))
submit();

That infers that you are trying to call submit as a method of the
window object, but it belongs to the HTMLFormElement interface, so:

form.submit();

may work a little better. :-)

In any case, fire the confirm from the form's submit method, don't
rely on script to submit the form itself:

<form onsubmit="return confirm(...)" ... >
--
Rob

[The Natural Philosopher]

RobG wrote:

On Aug 30, 6:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

>I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..

But this one has got me stumped.

I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..

My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?

Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.

Heres the snippet..

if (confirm(message))
submit();

That infers that you are trying to call submit as a method of the
window object, but it belongs to the HTMLFormElement interface, so:

form.submit();

may work a little better. :-)

In any case, fire the confirm from the form's submit method, don't
rely on script to submit the form itself:

<form onsubmit="return confirm(...)" ... >

That would work if the form HAD a submit..it doesn't

Its got a nice cell in a table exactly sized for a transparent edged
button image as background image, and some clickable text overlaid..only
way I could use a generic button with overlaid text on it.

i.e.
<TD align="center" width="180px" height="55px"
background="../Images/Button1.gif"><b class="s3"
onclick="submit_form()">Update Rate</b></td>

Looks really sexy. Can you chain two onclick events somehow so that the
text changes color when its clicked?

--
Rob

[Randy Webb]

RobG said the following on 8/29/2007 4:57 PM:

On Aug 30, 6:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

>I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..

But this one has got me stumped.

I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..

My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?

Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.

Heres the snippet..

if (confirm(message))
submit();

That infers that you are trying to call submit as a method of the
window object, but it belongs to the HTMLFormElement interface, so:

form.submit();

may work a little better. :-)

I don't think I agree with you 100% that "submit()" "belongs to..." as
you can define your own submit() function and then still submit a form.

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

[Randy Webb]

The Natural Philosopher said the following on 8/29/2007 5:11 PM:

<snip>

Can you chain two onclick events somehow so that the
text changes color when its clicked?

Did you try it?

onclick="changeTheColor();submitTheForm()"

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

[The Natural Philosopher]

Randy Webb wrote:

The Natural Philosopher said the following on 8/29/2007 5:11 PM:

<snip>

>Can you chain two onclick events somehow so that the text changes
color when its clicked?

Did you try it?

onclick="changeTheColor();submitTheForm()"

No, I was waiting for someone to suggest it ;-)

It makes a twisted sense..

would onclick="{do_this();do_that();dotheother();}" also work?

Thanks...thats exactly what I wanted. What a pleasure to have
knowledgeable people instead of arrogant prats in this group.

[Randy Webb]

The Natural Philosopher said the following on 8/29/2007 6:43 PM:

Randy Webb wrote:

>The Natural Philosopher said the following on 8/29/2007 5:11 PM:

<snip>

>>Can you chain two onclick events somehow so that the text changes
color when its clicked?

Did you try it?

onclick="changeTheColor();submitTheForm()"

No, I was waiting for someone to suggest it ;-)

It makes a twisted sense..

would onclick="{do_this();do_that();dotheother();}" also work?

Are you waiting on me to suggest that you test it? <gIt won't as it is
a syntax error to have the { and } there. Without them, it works fine.

Thanks...thats exactly what I wanted. What a pleasure to have
knowledgeable people instead of arrogant prats in this group.

Dang, and just when I had been practicing being an arrogant prat in this
group. All that studying and practice wasted... Can you send me a blonde?

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

[Randy Webb]

Randy Webb said the following on 8/29/2007 7:20 PM:

The Natural Philosopher said the following on 8/29/2007 6:43 PM:

>Randy Webb wrote:

>>The Natural Philosopher said the following on 8/29/2007 5:11 PM:

<snip>

Can you chain two onclick events somehow so that the text changes
color when its clicked?

Did you try it?

onclick="changeTheColor();submitTheForm()"

No, I was waiting for someone to suggest it ;-)

It makes a twisted sense..

would onclick="{do_this();do_that();dotheother();}" also work?

Are you waiting on me to suggest that you test it? <gIt won't as it is
a syntax error to have the { and } there. Without them, it works fine.

I hate it when I do that......
--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[RobG]

On Aug 30, 7:11 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

RobG wrote:

On Aug 30, 6:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..

But this one has got me stumped.

I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..

My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?

Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.

Heres the snippet..

if (confirm(message))
submit();

That infers that you are trying to call submit as a method of the
window object, but it belongs to the HTMLFormElement interface, so:

form.submit();

may work a little better. :-)

In any case, fire the confirm from the form's submit method, don't
rely on script to submit the form itself:

<form onsubmit="return confirm(...)" ... >

That would work if the form HAD a submit..it doesn't

It doesn't rely on a submit button, it relies on the form's submit
handler being called.

Its got a nice cell in a table exactly sized for a transparent edged
button image as background image, and some clickable text overlaid..only
way I could use a generic button with overlaid text on it.

i.e.
<TD align="center" width="180px" height="55px"
background="../Images/Button1.gif"><b class="s3"
onclick="submit_form()">Update Rate</b></td>

Consider an input type=image, then you have a real submit button that
doesn't rely on script to submit the form.
--
Rob

[The Natural Philosopher]

RobG wrote:

On Aug 30, 7:11 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

>RobG wrote:

>>On Aug 30, 6:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:
I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..
But this one has got me stumped.
I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..
My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?
Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.
Heres the snippet..
if (confirm(message))
submit();
That infers that you are trying to call submit as a method of the
window object, but it belongs to the HTMLFormElement interface, so:
form.submit();
may work a little better. :-)
In any case, fire the confirm from the form's submit method, don't
rely on script to submit the form itself:
<form onsubmit="return confirm(...)" ... >

That would work if the form HAD a submit..it doesn't

It doesn't rely on a submit button, it relies on the form's submit
handler being called.

>Its got a nice cell in a table exactly sized for a transparent edged
button image as background image, and some clickable text overlaid..only
way I could use a generic button with overlaid text on it.

i.e.
<TD align="center" width="180px" height="55px"
background="../Images/Button1.gif"><b class="s3"
onclick="submit_form()">Update Rate</b></td>

Consider an input type=image, then you have a real submit button that
doesn't rely on script to submit the form.

I haven't found a way to generate arbitrary button text via php onto a
imaged button. There is no command I know of to have an image behind
text apart from using a background image in e.g. a table cell. Feel free
to enlighten me if it ain't so. Hmm. will onclick work with a table
CELL? That might be better than working with the text, actually..

This may of of faint interest to others..the theory is to use a database
to organize the screens for the data base forms. A bit recursive, but
then you can e.g.set up buttons to invoke forms and the form to do this
is in fact a form in itself. Using the button image as background means
I can write over the top with clickable text.

I can generate the text on the fly, from the database, but not allow the
users to type in what they wanted to have on the buttons, if it was a
clickable foreground image.

The idea is to produce within a fairly large database application a way
to have user configurable 'hot button' bars ...

Anyway thanks to all the first form is now complete. Apart from the
<SELECTflyout stuff looking like the browser wants it to look, nearly
everything else looks like how I want it to look.

Elegant simple and intuitive: At least I hope so.

>
--
Rob

[David Golightly]

On Aug 30, 2:29 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

RobG wrote:

On Aug 30, 7:11 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

RobG wrote:
On Aug 30, 6:38 am, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:
I am coding up a bit of javascript stuff, and have managed to stumble my
way through most of what I want..
But this one has got me stumped.
I call submit() and get a javascript error 'Submit not defined' in Firefox..
My very expensive javascript Bible assures me its built in ..so where oh
where have I FSCKED up?
Its all within a form..that all works but I haven't yet defined a submit
button, because ultimately I want a clickable image with dreadful
graphics emblazoned on it..or something.
Heres the snippet..
if (confirm(message))
submit();
That infers that you are trying to call submit as a method of the
window object, but it belongs to the HTMLFormElement interface, so:
form.submit();
may work a little better. :-)
In any case, fire the confirm from the form's submit method, don't
rely on script to submit the form itself:
<form onsubmit="return confirm(...)" ... >
That would work if the form HAD a submit..it doesn't

It doesn't rely on a submit button, it relies on the form's submit
handler being called.

Its got a nice cell in a table exactly sized for a transparent edged
button image as background image, and some clickable text overlaid..only
way I could use a generic button with overlaid text on it.

i.e.
<TD align="center" width="180px" height="55px"
background="../Images/Button1.gif"><b class="s3"
onclick="submit_form()">Update Rate</b></td>

Consider an input type=image, then you have a real submit button that
doesn't rely on script to submit the form.

I haven't found a way to generate arbitrary button text via php onto a
imaged button. There is no command I know of to have an image behind
text apart from using a background image in e.g. a table cell. Feel free
to enlighten me if it ain't so. Hmm. will onclick work with a table
CELL? That might be better than working with the text, actually..

Use a "button" tag together with a CSS background image. The "button"
tag can also contain inline HTML tags.

-David