non-textfield form submit with enter

[expostfacto]

I want to allow users to move from page A to page B by hitting enter rather than clicking on a link, and w/o having to tab around the page. I thought I could do this by making the link into a form whose action is page B, but apparently enter won't submit without a textfield present. Anyone know a way around this in IE 5+ and/or NN 6+?

 

[KarveR]

wont <input type=hidden> work? ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

 

[expostfacto]

no.

 

[theocraticmind]

it's not that you need a text field, it's that you need the form to have focus, and if there is nothing on the page to give the form focus, then you can't press enter.

you might be able to get around this with some javascript, but i can't think quite how it would work without double checking. i know you can give whatever you want focus with javascript, but if you could give a hidden field focus i don't know...

anyway, i need some sleep, so if by tomorow morning no one else has helped, i'll try to find a way.

 

[Wullie]

Hi,

TheocraticMind is correct, the best way to do it (If not the only) is to catch the button press with js and call the page in question.

This is a question for the javasript forum..

Hope this helps Wullie

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