Re: Form submit question\Tabs

Thanks for straightening me out here.  The other night was a first attempt at
creating a form.  I still don't know what was going on but I now see, on a new
attempt, that it does indeed work as it should.    

I caught this thread *after* I sent a second request on my original note so,
like Gilda, "never mind...".  :-)     Thanks much.

Floyd.


On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:49:36 -0700, you wrote:

>Vincent and Floyd:
>
>I may be wrong here but such minor possibilities have never kept my mouth
>closed before.
>
>With Windows machines running IE at least:
>
>First -- Tabbing between fields.
>
>Granted, all my forms have been made in FrontPage but EVERY form that I have
>created allows the use of the Tab and Shift-Tab to "tab" back and forth
>between fields. I have just checked a couple of the forms and can find no
>special tags or HTML inserted by FP to do this. I always thought it was the
>natural order of things in forms. The tab key simply follows the path of the
>table and / or placement of the fields.
>
>Now--As to the Submit Button:
>
>I do not think you CAN stop the use of the Enter Key from activating the
>FIRST BUTTON on the form. In fact, I read an article advising that the
>Submit Button be the first of any, in a form, so that visitors COULD use it
>TO submit the form.
>
>However--having said that ...
>
>All the user has to do is use his Tab Key just as he would in any other
>Windows application until the little dashed line shows on the button in
>question, to indicate that it is "active". Then the Enter Key will execute
>the function just like a Mouse or Art Tablet would.
>
>As I understand it--ONCE the form has information in it, (unless it is in a
>multi-line text field), pressing the Enter Key will activate the FIRST of
>any buttons contained within the form. Note: There are some exceptions that
>produce an error beep. One could insert the CLEAR Button first but that
>might anger people more than help the problem. Again, the experienced user
>would use his Tab Key to activate the Submit Button and hit Enter.
>
>I suppose one could add a third button ahead of the others that had no
>function but that seems a little extreme. Of course, if it was hidden in
>some manner, well ...
>
>Also, if you have a multi line text field just before the button, the
>visitor would have to use their tab key to "activate" the button or they
>would simply get a error beep.
>
>Hopefully, someone else will have a better solution.
>
>Best wishes
>Ted Temer
>Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
>temer(at)c-zone.net
>www.temercraft.com/
>www.newsredding.com/
>
>>
>>
>> This might be a bit off topic ;) but I was asked this question this
>morning
>> by my boss, and I don't know what the answer could be. He has a form that
>he
>> wants submitted only when the 'submit' button is pushed. Apparently, his
>> form will submit when the user presses 'enter' on the keyboard. He doesn't
>> want this, he just want the submit button used. I've used forms quite a
>bit,
>> and never had this problem. Is there something he'd need to disable in the
>> form, or maybe in his cgi-script?
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>>
>> - Denise
>>
>>
>

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