confirm() in javascript?

[Idee]

Hi

I am using confirm(Are you sure you wnat to do it?) in javascript. The dialog box in confirm shows two buttons - Ok and cancel. By default, the focus is on Ok. I want to change the default focus to Cancel. How can I do it?

Thanks

 

[Jonnn]

Why would you want to do this?

I don't see why the focus would matter on this type of control?



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You can't. You will have to write your own DHTML dialog boxes if you want to do this in JS.

It might be possile in VBScript, although I cannot be 100% sure of this. Ask in the VBScript forum if you decide to look into this.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I don't see why the focus would matter on this type of control

One reason that springs instantly to mind: Many of us use the keyboard to shortcut moving the mouse... If we knew that a specific button had focus, we could press Enter or Space as soon as the dialog appeared to action a specific point, without having to check which option was focussed.

Dan

 

[Jonnn]

After reading several posts on this forum I can confidently say that most internet users are taking the meaning of "laziness" to a new level

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[cLFlaVA]

it's a security hazard. plain and simple.

"Are you sure you want to delete all records from the database?" Whoops, I slipped and hit the enter key.

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[Idee]

Thanks for all your responses...

I have an alert where accidently I don't want it to say Ok. Only if someone chooses to say 'OK', it should submit.

Is anyone sure that this is not possible with confirm in javascript?

 

[tsuji]

Idee,

Change the prompt to its negative sense so that ok means cancel in the original sense.

regards - tsuji

 

[Idee]

Thanks Tsuji for your response but I am not able to understand what you are trying to say.

In my code I say

if(confirm('Are you sure you want to do it?'))
{
formname.submit()
}

When I run this programe, it alerts a dialog box with Ok and Cancel button and Ok is the default button. What I want is to make Cancel as default.

What should I change in above code so that the focus is defaulted to Cancel Button

Thanks

 

[tsuji]

Idee,

I meant something as simplistic as this.
[tt]
sprompt="Our policy discourages you to submit this without thinking it all over again.\n"+
"Your action will be blocked by default.\n"+
"If you insist in submitting it, Please cancel this prompt.\n"+
"Else, please confirm you want to have a second though before submitting."
if (confirm(sprompt)) {
formname.submit();
}
[/tt]
- tsuji

 

[tsuji]

Correction:
[tt]
if ([red]![/red]confirm(sprompt)) {
formname.submit();
}
[/tt]
- tsuji