Re: Overwriting Text Fields

Hi Peter,

I will, but I'mleaving on a business trip in the morning (if you don'tmind
if we pick this up in a week or two). But in the meantime the effect is easy
to reproduce. Put a value="dddd" into a text field. Then when yu type you
will notice that the new text is inserted where the cursor is, but
(depending on the position) moves the other "old" text aside (or splits it
in two, or whatever).

The default is insert for both IE and NN (not overwrite).

But, in NN, if you hit the Insert key the new setting keeps for the entire
browser session. In IE it switches back between pages (even when conencted
to the same server).

Andrew

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>
To: <angelopoulos(at)csi.com>; <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Overwriting Text Fields


>
>
> >I'm putting together a multi-page form for work with default values in
the
> >text fields. Users have to press insert on the keyboard to switch insert
> >modes and overwrite the data (otherwise they have to manually delete the
> >value and enter the new value--boss hates this).
>
> How do you do that anyway? Didn't know it was possible. Can you put a page
> online somewhere where we can see the effect?
>
> >The issue is this: IE
> >switches back after they go to the second page. Anybody know of anyway I
> >can
> >make overwrite the default condition, some HTML code or script piece? At
> >this point I'm annoyed with my own form and having to hit that Insert
> >key....
>
> Need to see the code.
>
> ppk
>
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