Submit Form

[bettina]

I want to submit a form but without a submit button. That's to say, I
want that by giving a definite code in a field and then press <ENTER>
the form will be submitted.
For Example
<form name="search_form" method="post" action="search.php">
.....
....
Code: <input type="text" name="code" onKeyPress="if (event.keyCode ==
13) {document.search_form.submit()};">

....
....

How can I do it without a submit button?

Many Thanks.
Bettina

[bryanhales]

be*****@coaster.ch wrote:

I want to submit a form but without a submit button. That's to say, I
want that by giving a definite code in a field and then press <ENTER>
the form will be submitted.
For Example
<form name="search_form" method="post" action="search.php">
....
...
Code: <input type="text" name="code" onKeyPress="if (event.keyCode ==
13) {document.search_form.submit()};">

...
...

How can I do it without a submit button?

Many Thanks.
Bettina

I think you have the right idea...
Here is how it could be done using a link:

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='#' onClick='document.myForm.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

The key, I believe, is to have the "id" in the form tag.

[bryanhales]

Another way to do it would be like this:

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='javascript: document.myForm.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

[bettina]

I tried both and I've got a Fehler auf die Seite... I think I will try
to format the button so that it looks like text!

bryanhales schrieb:

Another way to do it would be like this:

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='javascript: document.myForm.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

[bryanhales]

be*****@coaster.ch wrote:

I tried both and I've got a Fehler auf die Seite... I think I will try
to format the button so that it looks like text!

bryanhales schrieb:

Another way to do it would be like this:

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='javascript: document.myForm.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

"I tried both and I've got a Fehler auf die Seite..."

Huh??

[Kimmo Laine]

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be*****@coaster.ch wrote:

I want to submit a form but without a submit button. That's to say, I
want that by giving a definite code in a field and then press <ENTER>
the form will be submitted.
For Example
<form name="search_form" method="post" action="search.php">
....
...
Code: <input type="text" name="code" onKeyPress="if (event.keyCode ==
13) {document.search_form.submit()};">

...
...

How can I do it without a submit button?

Many Thanks.
Bettina

I think you have the right idea...
Here is how it could be done using a link:

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='#' onClick='document.myForm.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

The key, I believe, is to have the "id" in the form tag.

And prefarbly the code would call the correct form id.

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='#' onClick='document.search_form.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

Your a href called myForm, but the form was called search_form. I'm not
surprised bettina got an "error on page" notification

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[bettina]

No Kimmo, it's not a question of the id name. I had already realized
that "myform" should be wrong and I tried with the correct form id but
it doesn't work either.

[Nisse Engström]

On 5 Aug 2005 15:10:01 -0700,
bryanhales<br********@gmail.com> wrote:

be*****@coaster.ch wrote:

I want to submit a form but without a submit button. That's to say, I
want that by giving a definite code in a field and then press <ENTER>
the form will be submitted.
For Example
<form name="search_form" method="post" action="search.php">
....
...
Code: <input type="text" name="code" onKeyPress="if (event.keyCode ==
13) {document.search_form.submit()};">

Strange. A simple

<input type="text" name="code">

tends to work for me. Even in IE.
How can I do it without a submit button?

Beware, there is no shortage of pages with broken Javascripts
where forms cannot be submitted *at all*. Not having a submit
button is *extremely* rude in those cases.
I think you have the right idea...
Here is how it could be done using a link:

<form name='search_form' id='search_form' method='post'
action='search.php'>
<a href='#' onClick='document.myForm.submit();'>Click here</a>
</form>

[Note: "myForm" above should've been "search_form".]

This is major nuisance. Not only because the link takes the user
to the current page instead of submitting the form, if Javascript
is not available. But also because it uses DOM manipulation that
is specific to IE (and "bug"-compatible browsers), which might
render the link *entirely* useless.

Don't try to duplicate functionality that already exists in every
browser on the planet. Use a submit button the way it was intended.
Use links with real urls the way they were intended. This horse
has already been beaten to death many times in various newsgroups.
--n

[Malcolm Dew-Jones]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nisse_Engstr=F6m?= (Pv***********@tele2.se) wrote:
: On 5 Aug 2005 15:10:01 -0700,
: bryanhales<br********@gmail.com> wrote:
: > be*****@coaster.ch wrote:
: > > I want to submit a form but without a submit button. That's to say, I
: > > want that by giving a definite code in a field and then press <ENTER>
: > > the form will be submitted.
: > > For Example
: > > <form name="search_form" method="post" action="search.php">
: > > ....
: > > ...
: > > Code: <input type="text" name="code" onKeyPress="if (event.keyCode ==
: > > 13) {document.search_form.submit()};">
: > >

: Strange. A simple

: <input type="text" name="code">

: tends to work for me. Even in IE.

It doesn't work in all browsers. In some browsers you have to have a
submit button.

: > > How can I do it without a submit button?

: Beware, there is no shortage of pages with broken Javascripts
: where forms cannot be submitted *at all*. Not having a submit
: button is *extremely* rude in those cases.

I agree, a form should always have a submit button if you intend it to be
submitted. A plain submit button (i.e. no javascript) will work in 100%
of browsers, and makes it plain to every user how to submit. Having a
submit button does not prevent the user from simply pressing the Enter key
to submit the form in those browsers that do that, so nothing is lost by
having a button.
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