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Posted by Wilhelm Kutting on April 6, 2005, 4:08 pm
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Hi,
is there a possibility to use the RETURN for submitting Formdata instead
of pushing the Buttton?
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Posted by kaeli on April 6, 2005, 9:48 am
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enlightened us with...
> Hi,
> is there a possibility to use the RETURN for submitting Formdata instead
> of pushing the Buttton?
>
Yes.
Sometimes browsers do this by themselves, depending on how you designed the
form. If you didn't provide a submit button, but only a regular button, you
have to capture the enter keypress with javascript. Check
comp.lang.javascript archives because this has been discussed to death over
there already.
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Posted by Safalra on April 7, 2005, 5:58 am
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Wilhelm Kutting wrote:
> is there a possibility to use the RETURN for submitting Formdata
instead
> of pushing the Buttton?
>From a usability perspective, it's better to leave it to the browser,
as users already know what to expect from their own browser and might
be irritated it something changes.
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Posted by kaeli on April 7, 2005, 9:50 am
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usenet@safalra.com enlightened us with...
> Wilhelm Kutting wrote:
> > is there a possibility to use the RETURN for submitting Formdata
> instead
> > of pushing the Buttton?
>
> >From a usability perspective, it's better to leave it to the browser,
> as users already know what to expect from their own browser and might
> be irritated it something changes.
As a Firefox user stuck in an IE world, I actually LIKE it when people make
sure the form submits when I hit the enter key. I expect that behavior, but
sometimes people do things that for some reason cause the form to NOT submit
when I hit enter. Such as not using a submit button at all, but just a button
(often b/c there is more than one action one could take or such).
JMHO, YMMV.
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Posted by Tim on April 9, 2005, 9:03 am
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On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 04:58:39 -0700, Safalra wrote:
> From a usability perspective, it's better to leave it to the browser,
> as users already know what to expect from their own browser and might be
> irritated it something changes.
I agree. While I prefer it that the enter key only enters data into the
current gadget, rather than submits the whole form, I'm used to what my
software normally does. It's easier if it always works the same way.
What's worse if you try and *make* a form submit when the enter key is
pressed on a system which doesn't normally work that way.
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