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Posted by Daniel Klein on 10/06/17 12:00
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:30:40 +0000 (UTC), axlq@spamcop.net (axlq)
wrote:
>In article <ts0qo3p6i33dh14e9aoookeldba13g1g3h@4ax.com>,
>Daniel Klein <danielk@featherbrain.net> wrote:
>>I'm pretty new at php and web stuff so please be gentle with me.
>>
>>I'm trying to get a form to submit when the user presses the Enter
>>key.
>
>A browser should do this automatically on any form that contains a
>text input field <input type="text" ...>. If you press Enter after
>typing something in the field, the form should submit. Nearly all
>browsers I have used do this.
>
>I don't know why you'd want it on forms without a text input field,
>even with Javascript. As a user, *I* certainly don't want to be
>submitting a form if I happen to press the Enter key.
>
>>Why is this such a secret in the open source world we live in?
>
>It's no secret. It's built into the browser.
I agree, but the problem is a little deeper than that. What if there
are 2 (or more) submit buttons. What html needs to be there to
indicate the 'default' button?
Daniel Klein
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