form help

[matt]

I have a form with a dropdown menu and I want to make sure that people
have clicked on something. I have a NA one at the bottom but I want an
error to popup if they dont move it from its default value

Thanks
Matt

[kaeli]

Re: form help

In article <YdfLb.22527$P% 1.21622372@news svr28.news.prod igy.com>,
matthusby@hotma il.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> I have a form with a dropdown menu and I want to make sure that people
> have clicked on something. I have a NA one at the bottom but I want an
> error to popup if they dont move it from its default value
>
> Thanks
> Matt
>[/color]

Put the default at the top, then check for selectedIndex being greater
than 0.

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Re: form help

matt wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have a form with a dropdown menu and I want to make sure
> that people have clicked on something.[/color]

You cannot make it sure. Client-side scripting can be disabled
or not even supported. Server-side checking is required anyway,
but you can reduce round trips with client-side checking.
[color=blue]
> I have a NA one at the bottom[/color]

?
[color=blue]
> but I want an error to popup if they dont move it from its
> default value[/color]

function checkMe(oForm)
/**
* @param oForm
* Reference to the HTMLFormElement object to be checked.
* @returns
* <code>true</code> if validation is passed,
* <code>false</code> otherwise (and thus canceling the event).
*/
{
if (/* any form control has its default value */)
{
alert(...);
// ...
return false;
}
return true;
}

<form ... onsubmit="retur n checkMe(this)" ...>
...
</form>


HTH

PointedEars