Suppress <return> for form submission?

[thelma]

I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

thanks, --thelma

[Guillaume]

th****@uwm.edu a écrit :

I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

Yep, but not through PHP. Refers to a javascript newsgroup please.

Regards,
--
Guillaume

[Erwin Moller]

th****@uwm.edu schreef:

I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

thanks, --thelma

Hi Thelma,

Yes, clear.
Go to your php.ini on the webserver, and find the following line:

browserHitReturnWillPostForm = 0

In case you cannot find that line, as I expect, repost your question to
a group that is relevant.
eg:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html

PHP is a serverside language, not a webbrowser.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

PS: I am a bit grumpy today since I had to throw away my 'OS' because it
kept malfunctioning.

[larry]

On Apr 4, 8:50 am, [e-mail] wrote:

I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

thanks, --thelma

a 10 second google search for suppress return submit revealed this
informative page:

http://www.arraystudio.com/as-worksh...-keypress.html

BUT!

Since it is javascript some people may have it disabled.

I allow for the enter to submit but on long forms I include an extra
checkbox called 'finished' until that is checked PHP always exits back
to the from, that way any mis-typed enters won't make the user submit
incomplete data.

[thelma]

la***@portcommodore.com wrote:
: On Apr 4, 8:50 am, [e-mail] wrote:
: I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
: submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
: text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
: first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
: insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?
: >
: thanks, --thelma
: a 10 second google search for suppress return submit revealed this
: informative page:

Yes, my google search found the same kind of solutions. I was
hoping for a php workaround like what you suggest below.

thanks, --thelma

: http://www.arraystudio.com/as-worksh...-keypress.html

: BUT!

: Since it is javascript some people may have it disabled.

: I allow for the enter to submit but on long forms I include an extra
: checkbox called 'finished' until that is checked PHP always exits back
: to the from, that way any mis-typed enters won't make the user submit
: incomplete data.

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(th****@uwm.edu )

>I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

Not really.

You have to validate your form data on the server anyway. If it's
incomplete, show the form again. Additionally you can't rely on a
particular submit button being triggered with [enter]. It's completely
up to the browser what to do with forms that have multiple submit
buttons.

Micha

[The Natural Philosopher]

Michael Fesser wrote:

.oO(th****@uwm.edu )

>I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

Not really.

You have to validate your form data on the server anyway. If it's
incomplete, show the form again. Additionally you can't rely on a
particular submit button being triggered with [enter]. It's completely
up to the browser what to do with forms that have multiple submit
buttons.

Micha

What happens if there is no submit button? just a javascript driven
clickable object to do the submit bit..?

[ZeldorBlat]

On Apr 4, 2:40 pm, The Natural Philosopher <[e-mail]:

Michael Fesser wrote:

.oO([e-mail] )

I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the
submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in any
text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

Not really.

You have to validate your form data on the server anyway. If it's
incomplete, show the form again. Additionally you can't rely on a
particular submit button being triggered with [enter]. It's completely
up to the browser what to do with forms that have multiple submit
buttons.

Micha

What happens if there is no submit button? just a javascript driven
clickable object to do the submit bit..?

Awesome -- now I need to have Javascript enabled just to submit a
form. That's almost as bad as links that require it.

[Twayne]

I have a form for which I'd like all submissions to happen through the

submit buttons provided. But if the user enters a <returnwhile in
any text box, the form gets submitted, and it gets submitted as if the
first submit button defined for the form had been pressed. Can I
insure that pressing <returnwill not submit the form?

thanks, --thelma

Well, if you're doing field validation, users will learn rather quickly
after a few dings about missing data<g>. Or as mentioned elsewhere,
disable Return

--
Regards,

Twayne

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