Submission of a form using javascript....

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I want to submit my form using javascript but the prob I am facing here is when using this method,the form is being submitted irrespective of the return value of onsubmit .My script is .....

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<html>

<script type="text/javascript">

function chk(){
 
    document.formname.submit();

}

</script>

<body>

<form name="formname" action="from.html" onsubmit="return false" method="get">

<input type="text" name="firstbox">
 
<button onclick="chk()">Submit</button>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Any help willl be deeply appreciated...Thanks

Dec 14 '09 #1

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that is correct ... what do you want to achieve?

kind regards

Dec 14 '09 #2

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the prob I am facing is that although the onsubmit has a return value of false,it is being submitted.When I am using <input type="submit" value="submit"> to submit the form,the form is nt submitted since the onsubmit holds a value of false..Why this difference? And what cn I do so that the form is not submitted with the javascript?

Dec 15 '09 #3

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just don't call the submit()-method when the form shouldn't be submitted ... a simple if-else would do the job in your chk()-function

kind regards

Dec 15 '09 #4

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...or avoid the use of chk() and make a call to your validation function onsubmit:

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onsubmit="return validate()"

Also note that button by default is a submit button. Perhaps you meant to use an input button (input type="button"). Alternatively, set the button type to "button".

One more thing: the submit is prevented when the user clicks on the submit button, not when the form is submitted using JavaScript via submit().

Dec 21 '09 #5

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