That's the case when there's an input of type=submit. But in my case, there's no button at all. It turns out, though, that this is the expected behavior when there is only *one* field on the form.
it bugs me because it's inconsistent... oh well. -Robyn Ian Skinner wrote: > As long as I recall pressing the "enter" key in a form submitted it, no > matter what field the focus is on. I daily do this unintentionally while I > surf around the intranet. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ....-----Original Message----- > ....From: Robyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:58 PM > ....To: CF-Community > ....Subject: Weirdness with a form - check this out... > .... > ....OK, so I have a form. It's as straightforward as you can get (below). > ....It has no buttons (nevermind a submit button)! But when I hit *enter*, > ....when my cursor is in the field, it submits, but only when there is one > ....visible field on the page (if there is a hidden one, and a visible one, > ....as below, it submits!) > .... > ....If I take out the hidden field, it still submits. If I add another > ....visible field, it will *not* submit when I hit enter. Is it possible > ....that I've been doing web dev for so many years and have never noticed > ....this??? > .... > ....Is this a bug? Is this the intended behavior? It happens in both > ....browsers. Help!! I really don't want to override the onkeypress of the > ....enter key to get rid of this... > .... > ....The form is below, and you can get to three versions of the page here: > .... > ....http://www.coldturtle.com/test/FormSubmitOnEnter.html > ....http://www.coldturtle.com/test/FormSubmitOnEnterOneField.html > ....http://www.coldturtle.com/test/FormSubmitTwoFields.html > .... > ....<html> > ....<head> > .... <title>Untitled</title> > ....</head> > .... > ....<body> > .... > ....<form name="frmForm" action="somepagethatdoesntexist.html" method="post"> > ....<input type="text" name="anything"> > ....<input type="hidden" name="anything2"> > .... > ....</form> > .... > .... > ....</body> > ....</html> > .... > .... > .... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152513 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
