Page Submit and Jump to Anchor?

[Bruce Duncan]

I have a page/form...that has some junk at the top of the page and a bunch
of select boxes in the middle of the page and a table at the bottom. When a
user makes a change in one of the select boxes, I use javascript to submit
the page (back to itself)..reload ing the other select boxes.

The problem I have is that when the page submits, it comes back at the top
and the user has to scroll down to the middle. I wanted to use <a
name="jumphere" > but I wasn't sure how that would work after a submit
(obviously I don't want the jump the first time the user enters the area).

Any suggestions? Maybe 'cuz it's Monday...but I can't seem to think of any
good ideas. Any help is appreciated!

-bruce duncan

[Michael Winter]

Re: Page Submit and Jump to Anchor?

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:38:47 -0400, Bruce Duncan
<brucesaynotosp amwduncan@hotma il.com> wrote:

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> The problem I have is that when the page submits, it comes back at the
> top and the user has to scroll down to the middle. I wanted to use <a
> name="jumphere" > but I wasn't sure how that would work after a submit
> (obviously I don't want the jump the first time the user enters the
> area).
>
> Any suggestions? Maybe 'cuz it's Monday...but I can't seem to think of
> any good ideas. Any help is appreciated![/color]

Doesn't

<form ... action="myPage. html#jumphere">

work?

Mike

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Michael Winter
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[Bruce Duncan]

Re: Page Submit and Jump to Anchor?

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> Doesn't
>
> <form ... action="myPage. html#jumphere">
>
> work?
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Michael Winter
> Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.[/color]

You're right...that would work in a normal situation but the page is calling
itself so the action="".

Anyhow, I figured it out...
I have client-side code (Cold Fusion) that determines how the page was
loaded (i.e. First time in, or javascript submit, etc). When the loaded
type is from the select boxes I simply added the javascript code:
location.hash = 'jumphere';

Works like a charm.

....must be Monday

-bruce duncan

[Michael Winter]

Re: Page Submit and Jump to Anchor?

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:35:17 -0400, Bruce Duncan
<brucesaynotosp amwduncan@hotma il.com> wrote:
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>> Doesn't
>>
>> <form ... action="myPage. html#jumphere">
>>
>> work?[/color][/color]

[snip]
[color=blue]
> You're right...that would work in a normal situation but the page is
> calling itself so the action="".[/color]

action="#jumphe re"

[snip]

Mike

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Michael Winter
Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.

[Bruce Duncan]

Re: Page Submit and Jump to Anchor?

>[color=blue][color=green]
> > You're right...that would work in a normal situation but the page is
> > calling itself so the action="".[/color]
>
> action="#jumphe re"
>
> [snip]
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Michael Winter
> Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.[/color]


Yea...I like that one better...thanks Michael!

-bruce duncan