jumping to anchor after submit

[Niall Linden]

i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
itself (usual stuff)

now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
same spot after the submit (as its very long)

Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.

so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
correct anchor. is this possible

Niall

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

In article <52************ **************@ posting.google. com>, Niall Linden wrote:

Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.

so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
correct anchor. is this possible

Meaby with JavaScript... But with PHP you don't have any influence on
what happen at the client-side.

--
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://home.mysth.be/~timvw>

[Virgil Green]

"Niall Linden" <ni*********@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:52******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
itself (usual stuff)

now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
same spot after the submit (as its very long)

Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.

so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
correct anchor. is this possible

Hard to tell. Show a small, complete example set of code that demonstrates
the problem.

- Virgil

[Niall Linden]

basically i have lots of rows with anchors

<tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
name='a0'>&nbsp ;</a>0:00</td></tr>

<tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
name='a1'>&nbsp ;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>

and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.

now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
do this.

so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
cause me to loose all the request info being submitted
any help appreciated

Niall

"Virgil Green" <vj*@DESPAMobsy dian.com> wrote in message news:<Qk******* **********@news svr24.news.prod igy.com>...

"Niall Linden" <ni*********@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:52******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
itself (usual stuff)

now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
same spot after the submit (as its very long)

Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.

so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
correct anchor. is this possible

Hard to tell. Show a small, complete example set of code that demonstrates
the problem.

- Virgil

[Niall Linden]

basically i have lots of rows with anchors

<tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
name='a0'>&nbsp ;</a>0:00</td></tr>

<tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
name='a1'>&nbsp ;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>

and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.

now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
do this.

so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
cause me to loose all the request info being submitted
any help appreciated

Niall

"Virgil Green" <vj*@DESPAMobsy dian.com> wrote in message news:<Qk******* **********@news svr24.news.prod igy.com>...

"Niall Linden" <ni*********@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:52******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
itself (usual stuff)

now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
same spot after the submit (as its very long)

Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.

so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
correct anchor. is this possible

Hard to tell. Show a small, complete example set of code that demonstrates
the problem.

- Virgil

[Virgil Green]

"Niall Linden" <ni*********@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:52******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

basically i have lots of rows with anchors

<tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
name='a0'>&nbsp ;</a>0:00</td></tr>

<tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
name='a1'>&nbsp ;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>

and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.

now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
do this.

so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
cause me to loose all the request info being submitted

Apparently, you missed the word "complete". We need to see a complete
example the demonstrates the behavior. If you don't know what the problem
is, it is unlikely that you'll post the correct, relevant snippets of code.
Post a complete example that can be executed by someone who desires to help.

- Virgil

[Jochen Daum]

Hi,

On 31 Aug 2004 09:03:27 -0700, ni*********@yah oo.com (Niall Linden)
wrote:

basically i have lots of rows with anchors

<tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
name='a0'>&nbs p;</a>0:00</td></tr>

<tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
name='a1'>&nbs p;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>

and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.

now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
do this.

so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
cause me to loose all the request info being submitted

Do you loose all the request info, because you use a GET request. You
might as well do POST.

redrecting does also not work AFAIK, because it doesn't support
anchors

HTH, Jochenl

--
Jochen Daum - Cabletalk Group Ltd.
PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[John Dunlop]

Jochen Daum wrote:

[ ... ]

redrecting does also not work AFAIK, because it doesn't support
anchors

You'd think so after reading RFC2616, wouldn't you? It's in
the errata though, thankfully.

http://skrb.org/ietf/http_errata.htm...tion-fragments

--
Jock