Focus on previously selected page

**Rik Wasmus** · Jun 2 '08, 10:36 AM

Re: Focus on previously selected page

On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:48:36 +0200, <question.boy@h otmail.comwrote :

Hell,
>
I have a web page in which I have different tab/divs. So when the
user selects different tabs the the url changes to
>

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_1

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_2

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_3

>
What I am trying to do is reset the focus on the currently selected
tab when the form is submitted. For instance, when the user make a
selection in a form it always return the url to

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php

>
How can I trap the current url and set it have running the rest of my
code to save/delete/...?

By javascript, not with PHP alone (the fragment isn't even sent to the
server AFAIK). Probably you'll have to set a cookie with javascript on
changes & load time, and then either act accordingly with PHP's output
(set a particular div visbile, the rest hidden/display:none), or do that
with javascript after the pageload.
--
Rik Wasmus
[SPAM] Now temporarily looking for some smaller PHP/MySQL projects/work to
fund a self developed bigger project, mail me at rik at rwasmus.nl. [/SPAM]

**C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/)** · Jun 2 '08, 10:36 AM

Re: Focus on previously selected page

On 13 May, 12:59, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe... @hotmail.comwro te:

On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:48:36 +0200, <question....@h otmail.comwrote :

Hell,

>

I have a web page in which I have different tab/divs. So when the
user selects different tabs the the url changes to

>

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_1

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_2

http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_3

>

What I am trying to do is reset the focus on the currently selected
tab when the form is submitted. For instance, when the user make a
selection in a form it always return the url to
http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php

>

How can I trap the current url and set it have running the rest of my
code to save/delete/...?

>
By javascript, not with PHP alone (the fragment isn't even sent to the
server AFAIK). Probably you'll have to set a cookie with javascript on
changes & load time, and then either act accordingly with PHP's output
(set a particular div visbile, the rest hidden/display:none), or do that
with javascript after the pageload.

As a general rule I'd avoid using cookies for transferring information
explicitly between one page and the next - rather I only use cookies
for session related data or user related data. My prefered solution
would be to use a hidden form field. However the cookie approach dose
mean that the entire behaviour can be encapsulated with javascript if
POSTs are used.

C.

**question.boy@hotmail.com** · Jun 2 '08, 10:36 AM

Re: Focus on previously selected page

On May 13, 8:07 am, "C. (http://symcbean.blogsp ot.com/)"
<colin.mckin... @gmail.comwrote :

On 13 May, 12:59, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe... @hotmail.comwro te:
>
>
>
>
>

On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:48:36 +0200, <question....@h otmail.comwrote :

Hell,

>

I have a web page in which I have different tab/divs. So when the
user selects different tabs the the url changes to

>

>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_1
>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_2
>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_3

>

What I am trying to do is reset the focus on the currently selected
tab when the form is submitted. For instance, when the user make a
selection in a form it always return the url to
>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php

>

How can I trap the current url and set it have running the rest of my
code to save/delete/...?

>

By javascript, not with PHP alone (the fragment isn't even sent to the
server AFAIK). Probably you'll have to set a cookie with javascript on
changes & load time, and then either act accordingly with PHP's output
(set a particular div visbile, the rest hidden/display:none), or do that
with javascript after the pageload.

>
As a general rule I'd avoid using cookies for transferring information
explicitly between one page and the next - rather I only use cookies
for session related data or user related data. My prefered solution
would be to use a hidden form field. However the cookie approach dose
mean that the entire behaviour can be encapsulated with javascript if
POSTs are used.
>
C.- Hide quoted text -
>
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I was playing around with an onclick event for the tab to populate the
url into an input control. For some reason, all the data from my
other control gets posted but not this one control with the url? So I
came here to ask the question. There wouldn't happen to be an example
somewhere I could inspire myself from?

QB

**Rik Wasmus** · Jun 2 '08, 10:36 AM

Re: Focus on previously selected page

On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:31 +0200, <question.boy@h otmail.comwrote :

On May 13, 8:07 am, "C. (http://symcbean.blogsp ot.com/)"
<colin.mckin... @gmail.comwrote :

>On 13 May, 12:59, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe... @hotmail.comwro te:
>>

On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:48:36 +0200, <question....@h otmail.comwrote :
Hell,

>>

I have a web page in which I have different tab/divs. So when the
user selects different tabs the the url changes to

>>

>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_1
>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_2
>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php#Page_3

>>

What I am trying to do is reset the focus on the currently selected
tab when the form is submitted. For instance, when the user make a
selection in a form it always return the url to
>http://localhost/db/adminconsole.php

>>

How can I trap the current url and set it have running the rest of

>my

code to save/delete/...?

>>

By javascript, not with PHP alone (the fragment isn't even sent to the
server AFAIK). Probably you'll have to set a cookie with javascript on
changes & load time, and then either act accordingly with PHP's output
(set a particular div visbile, the rest hidden/display:none), or do

>that

with javascript after the pageload.

>>
>As a general rule I'd avoid using cookies for transferring information
>explicitly between one page and the next - rather I only use cookies
>for session related data or user related data. My prefered solution
>would be to use a hidden form field. However the cookie approach dose
>mean that the entire behaviour can be encapsulated with javascript if
>POSTs are used.

And a GET still works with cookies.

I was playing around with an onclick event for the tab to populate the
url into an input control. For some reason, all the data from my
other control gets posted but not this one control with the url? So I
came here to ask the question. There wouldn't happen to be an example
somewhere I could inspire myself from?

If you populate a form field with a value, and you submit that form, it
should be there. If that doesn't work, checking what actually happens with
a combination of FireBug (for the DOM changes) and LiveHTTPHeaders (for
the actual POSTs/returns), which are a quick way to find the problem.
However, if the url is in a field and doesn't make it to the server, the
problem is 99% sure with the javascript involved, and definitely not PHP.
--
Rik Wasmus
[SPAM] Now temporarily looking for some smaller PHP/MySQL projects/work to
fund a self developed bigger project, mail me at rik at rwasmus.nl. [/SPAM]

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