HELP - Using the enter key to submit a form

[SmileyFace]

I would really appreciate help with this....

I have a form on a page which has an image called 'Save' to submit it. This image currently calls another function called 'fsubmit' on the page which validates the form before submitting it. I need to use the 'Enter/Return' key to subit the form. Thus I cannot use the usual form submit as it doesn't have a parameter 'action' which sends it directly to another page.

So basically I need to be able ot use the 'Enter' key to submit a form where the submit button is an image which calls another function on the same page. PLEASE HELP. If there is a way to do this without using an image thats fine too. Thanks a lot in advance. Heres how some of the code looks...

-------This is part of a VBScript-------------------------
sub fReset
window.frmHouseHold.reset
end sub

sub fSubmit
if validform then
<%if ActionToTake = &quot;I&quot; then%>
window.frmHouseHold.action = &quot;HouseHoldEdit_Action.asp?fx=I&quot;
<%else%>
window.frmHouseHold.action = &quot;HouseHoldEdit_Action.asp?fx=U&household_id=<%=HouseHoldID%>&quot;
<%end if%>
window.frmHouseHold.submit
end if
end sub
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-------This is the form------------------------------------
<form id=&quot;frmHouseHold&quot; name=&quot;frmHouseHold&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;>

<table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;>
<tr valign=&quot;middle&quot;>
<td><font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot; color=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;><b>Address</b></font></td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;txtAddress1&quot; size=&quot;35&quot; maxlength=&quot;35&quot; value=&quot;<%=txtaddress1%>&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=&quot;middle&quot;>
<td></td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;txtAddress2&quot; size=&quot;35&quot; maxlength=&quot;35&quot; value=&quot;<%=txtaddress2%>&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=&quot;middle&quot;>
<td><font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot; color=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;><b>City</b></font></td>
<td><input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;txtCity&quot; size=&quot;20&quot; maxlength=&quot;20&quot; value=&quot;<%=txtCity%>&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=&quot;middle&quot;>
<td align=&quot;right&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>

<img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;../../images/btnSave.jpg&quot; onclick=&quot;fsubmit()&quot; style=&quot;cursor:hand&quot;>
<img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;../../images/btnReset.jpg&quot; onclick=&quot;freset()&quot; style=&quot;cursor:hand&quot;>
</td>
</tr>
------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Gatchaman]

I guess you could have something like this:

<form id=&quot;frmHouseHold&quot; name=&quot;frmHouseHold&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; [b]onSubmit=&quot;fSubmit&quot;[/b]>

Then, to have an image for submission:

<input type=&quot;image&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; src=&quot;imagePath&quot;>

Let me know if this is what you were looking for ?

 

[Gatchaman]

oops, tried to use bold in a code tag. ignore the

[b] and [/b]

 

[vbkris]

<form id=&quot;frmHouseHold&quot; name=&quot;frmHouseHold&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;ThePage&quot; onsubmit=&quot;fsubmit()&quot;>


<img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;../../images/btnSave.jpg&quot; onclick=&quot;document.frmHouseHold.submit()&quot; style=&quot;cursor:hand&quot;>




Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[SmileyFace]

Thanks Guys! Gatchaman, yours works but there seems to be one problem. For some reason on one of the forms which has just 3 combo boxes and a submit...if I hit enter on that screen it will not submit the information. If I click on the submit button it will go to the next screen. Then by hitting the back button if I go back to the previous screen and again try hitting the 'Enter' key to submit, it will work!! Why is this happening? Is there some way I can get it to work without having to click on submit? Thanks again for u're help.

 

[Gatchaman]

Hmm, I'd have to look into that one about further, or maybe someone else could help. Seems that it if you have focus on a combo/select box, when you hit enter it wont submit (just tested it myself.).

No probs helping you, but I'm sorry I can't help with the next bit

 

[SmileyFace]

That sucks! I broke my head trying to figure it out! Oh well....thanks again for your help....atleast it worked on other screens. The users will just have to deal with it!

 

[scriptOhead]

There's a good tutorial here-

http://www.dansteinman.com/dynduo/en/keystrokes.html

~mgb

 

[SmileyFace]

Hey ScriptOHead! This looks like a good tutorial. Will check it out. Thanks.