Testing for focus

[Mike Irwin]

I'd like to prevent a submit button from getting focus unless a particular
textbox or radio button is selected.

For example, if a user clicks anywhere within a form, the submit button is
focused and will submit whatever data is present if the user accidentally
presses Enter/Return. I would like to prevent this from happening unless
the user's cursor is within a textbox or the selection is on a radio button.
Is this possible? I believe this only happens with IE/Win.

[HikksNotAtHome]

Re: Testing for focus

In article <O%2hb.21908$Sn 1.21316@bignews 4.bellsouth.net >, "Mike Irwin"
<mike@faroutfre akyshit.com> writes:
[color=blue]
>I'd like to prevent a submit button from getting focus unless a particular
>textbox or radio button is selected.
>
>For example, if a user clicks anywhere within a form, the submit button is
>focused and will submit whatever data is present if the user accidentally
>presses Enter/Return. I would like to prevent this from happening unless
>the user's cursor is within a textbox or the selection is on a radio button.
>Is this possible? I believe this only happens with IE/Win.[/color]

<input type="submit" onFocus="checkO therField()" name="mySubmit" >

function checkOtherField (){
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){
document.someFo rm.mySubmit.blu r()
}
}

Or:

<input type="submit" onFocus="
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){this. blur()}
" name="mySubmit" >

Although, a better all around solution is to use the onSubmit of the form to
check it, instead of focus:

<form name="someForm" onSubmit="retur n checkOtherField ()">

function checkOtherField (){
if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){retur n false}
else{return true}
}


--
Randy

[Mike Irwin]

Re: Testing for focus


"HikksNotAtHome " <hikksnotathome @aol.com> wrote in message
news:2003100823 1958.15462.0000 3455@mb-m06.aol.com...[color=blue]
> <input type="submit" onFocus="checkO therField()" name="mySubmit" >
>
> function checkOtherField (){
> if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){
> document.someFo rm.mySubmit.blu r()
> }
> }
>
> Or:
>
> <input type="submit" onFocus="
> if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){this. blur()}
> " name="mySubmit" >
>
> Although, a better all around solution is to use the onSubmit of the form[/color]
to[color=blue]
> check it, instead of focus:
>
> <form name="someForm" onSubmit="retur n checkOtherField ()">
>
> function checkOtherField (){
> if (!document.some Form.someObject .checked){retur n false}
> else{return true}
> }[/color]

Thanks for the reply, Randy. I believe this will work.