jumping to anchor after submit

[Niall Linden]

i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
itself (usual stuff)

now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
same spot after the submit (as its very long)

Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.

so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
correct anchor. is this possible

Niall

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit

In article <52684575.04082 60403.6ee72e1e@ posting.google. com>, Niall Linden wrote:[color=blue]
> Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
> action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
> the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
> calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
> then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.
>
> so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
> correct anchor. is this possible[/color]

Meaby with JavaScript... But with PHP you don't have any influence on
what happen at the client-side.

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Tim Van Wassenhove <http://home.mysth.be/~timvw>

[Virgil Green]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit

"Niall Linden" <nialllinden@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:52684575.0 408260403.6ee72 e1e@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
> calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
> itself (usual stuff)
>
> now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
> same spot after the submit (as its very long)
>
> Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
> action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
> the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
> calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
> then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.
>
> so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
> correct anchor. is this possible[/color]

Hard to tell. Show a small, complete example set of code that demonstrates
the problem.

- Virgil

[Niall Linden]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit

basically i have lots of rows with anchors

<tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
name='a0'>&nbsp ;</a>0:00</td></tr>

<tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
name='a1'>&nbsp ;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>

and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.

now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
do this.

so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
cause me to loose all the request info being submitted


any help appreciated

Niall



"Virgil Green" <vjg@DESPAMobsy dian.com> wrote in message news:<QklXc.637 2$z44.1248@news svr24.news.prod igy.com>...[color=blue]
> "Niall Linden" <nialllinden@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
> news:52684575.0 408260403.6ee72 e1e@posting.goo gle.com...[color=green]
> > i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
> > calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
> > itself (usual stuff)
> >
> > now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
> > same spot after the submit (as its very long)
> >
> > Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
> > action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
> > the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
> > calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
> > then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.
> >
> > so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
> > correct anchor. is this possible[/color]
>
> Hard to tell. Show a small, complete example set of code that demonstrates
> the problem.
>
> - Virgil[/color]

[Niall Linden]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit

basically i have lots of rows with anchors

<tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
name='a0'>&nbsp ;</a>0:00</td></tr>

<tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
name='a1'>&nbsp ;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>

and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.

now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
do this.

so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
cause me to loose all the request info being submitted


any help appreciated

Niall



"Virgil Green" <vjg@DESPAMobsy dian.com> wrote in message news:<QklXc.637 2$z44.1248@news svr24.news.prod igy.com>...[color=blue]
> "Niall Linden" <nialllinden@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
> news:52684575.0 408260403.6ee72 e1e@posting.goo gle.com...[color=green]
> > i have a form with lots of data, and when they click on a button it
> > calls some javascript which sets values in hidden fields then posts to
> > itself (usual stuff)
> >
> > now the problem is that i would like to bring the page back to the
> > same spot after the submit (as its very long)
> >
> > Ive added anchors to each button but if i add a the anchor tag to the
> > action part of the form, im always one click behind, ie it jumps to
> > the one I clicked on before. ive tried using location header etc
> > calling itself and appending #anchorname to the end of the url, but
> > then i lose the data in the form, as no $_requests have data any more.
> >
> > so what i need is when you hit a button, sumit the page && go to the
> > correct anchor. is this possible[/color]
>
> Hard to tell. Show a small, complete example set of code that demonstrates
> the problem.
>
> - Virgil[/color]

[Virgil Green]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit


"Niall Linden" <nialllinden@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:52684575.0 408310756.7d02e fe1@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> basically i have lots of rows with anchors
>
> <tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
> name='a0'>&nbsp ;</a>0:00</td></tr>
>
> <tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
> name='a1'>&nbsp ;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>
>
> and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.
>
> now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
> question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
> like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
> you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
> do this.
>
> so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
> id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
> cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
> cause me to loose all the request info being submitted[/color]

Apparently, you missed the word "complete". We need to see a complete
example the demonstrates the behavior. If you don't know what the problem
is, it is unlikely that you'll post the correct, relevant snippets of code.
Post a complete example that can be executed by someone who desires to help.

- Virgil

[Jochen Daum]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit

Hi,

On 31 Aug 2004 09:03:27 -0700, nialllinden@yah oo.com (Niall Linden)
wrote:
[color=blue]
>basically i have lots of rows with anchors
>
> <tr><td id =0 class='listTime ' height='12'><a
>name='a0'>&nbs p;</a>0:00</td></tr>
>
><tr><td id =1 class='listTime ' height='10'><a
>name='a1'>&nbs p;</a>0:30</td></tr><tr>
>
>and there are lots of them, in a scrollable div.
>
>now i have a form on this table, which posts to itself. but the
>question is, depending on the information sent in the form, i would
>like to jump to one of the rows (presumably using their anchors). ie
>you slect 5 and it goes to the 5th row. but i cant figure out how to
>do this.
>
>so when i an reloading the page (after the submit) i have the anchor
>id that i want to go to, but i dont know how to get there directly. i
>cant repost with a #id at the end of the url because this will just
>cause me to loose all the request info being submitted[/color]

Do you loose all the request info, because you use a GET request. You
might as well do POST.

redrecting does also not work AFAIK, because it doesn't support
anchors

HTH, Jochenl

--
Jochen Daum - Cabletalk Group Ltd.
PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[John Dunlop]

Re: jumping to anchor after submit

Jochen Daum wrote:

[ ... ]
[color=blue]
> redrecting does also not work AFAIK, because it doesn't support
> anchors[/color]

You'd think so after reading RFC2616, wouldn't you? It's in
the errata though, thankfully.

http://skrb.org/ietf/http_errata.html#location-fragments

--
Jock