Hitting the enter key submits form

[Katriona]

How can I stop the enter key submitting a form?

 

[palbano]

Dear Katriona,<br><br>The simplest way to accomplish that is to not have an input element of type 'submit' in the form. Obviously you need another mechanism to submit the form like an input type of 'button' with an onclick() handler.<br><br>&quot;But, that's just my opinion... I could be wrong&quot;.<br>-pete

 

[NickBulka]

To illustrate what Pete said:<br><br>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;<br>&lt;script language='javascript'&gt;<br>function submitme(){<br>document.forms[0].submit();<br>return true;<br>}<br>&lt;/script&gt;<br>&lt;/head&gt;<br>&lt;body&gt;<br>&lt;form action=&quot;mypage.asp&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;input type=&quot;button&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; onclick=&quot;return submitme()&quot;&gt;<br><br>NOTE: the 'return' in the onclick handler is important.<br>&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt; <p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Katriona]

Thanks for all the help. Most useful.<br><br>Keep smiling <br><br>Katriona

 

[AWEinCA]

Hi NickBulka,

Why is 'return' in the onclick handler important?

What does it do?

Aaron