Don't want enter to submit a form!

[FontanaS]

I have a form.
When someone hits enter inside the from when they are filling it out, it submits the form.
how do i disable that option so the only way for the user to submit the form is to click on the submit button?


thanks

 

[mithrilhall]

<input type=&quot;button&quot; onclick=&quot;document.frm1.submit();&quot;> Just change your submit button to a normal button and make its onclick event submit the form.

 

[FontanaS]

does that mean that when someone hits enter in the form that it will not submit it?

thanks

 

[mithrilhall]

In theory. Give it a try and tell me if enter submitted the form. I may have another idea for you to try.

 

[David75]

Or you can use a graphical button outside of the form.

After the </FORM> tag add a line like:
<A HREF=&quot;JavaScript: theForm.submit()&quot;><IMG SRC=&quot;button.jgp&quot;></A>

Only a TYPE=SUBMIT button on a form will submit the form when the user hits enter on the form.

 

[mithrilhall]

&quot;Only a TYPE=SUBMIT button on a form will submit the form when the user hits enter on the form&quot;

Thanks David75, that's what I thought but I wasn't sure.

 

[goatstudio]

Actually is not right, a form without a submit button, when a user hit enter, the form still will submit if the user place the cursor on one of the elements in the form. The best way is do a check at onSubmit event. ------------------
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