For a lot the onChange and submit button work well together, but in accessibility situations, the onchange and the select box do not play well together. Try it and try keyboarding down to the third or fourth item in the dropdown.
Sandra Clark ============================== http://www.shayna.com Training in Cascading Style Sheets and Accessibility -----Original Message----- From: OÄuz Demirkapı [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 2:18 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Javascript and cookies Sometimes you can see both a JS solution such as "onChange" and a "Go" button for same form. This is because of staying in secure side. You provide usability but you also do not forget "others". :) OÄuz Demirkapı Charlie Griefer wrote: > wow. i had -never- even considered that :\ excellent point. thanks > for bringing it up. > > On 11/3/06, Sandra Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Please, don't use an onchange() event on a select. If a user is not >> using a mouse, then the onchange happens with the first keypress and >> they can't get to where they want to go to. Its really frustrating >> for people who are either blind, or who can't use a mouse for other purposes. >> >> As to cookie, when the redirection happens, use CF (or another server >> type >> language) to see if the cookie is defined, and if it isn't, to set it then. >> In other words do it on the redirected page >> >> >> Sandra Clark >> ============================== >> http://www.shayna.com >> Training in Cascading Style Sheets and Accessibility >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 1:17 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Javascript and cookies >> >> Argh. Programming. >> >> I need to do a drop down. Easy. When user selects item, takes them to >> that url. Easy. >> >> BUT: I also need to set a cookie to make that the users preference >> next time they visit the website. >> >> >> I have this: >> >> <form name="jump"> >> <select name="myjumpbox" >> OnChange="window.open(jump.myjumpbox.options[selectedIndex].value)"> >> <option selected>Please Select... >> <option value="http://danish.site.dk/";>Danish >> <option value="http://german.site.dk/";>German >> <option value="http://spanish.site.dk/";>Spanish >> </select><noscript><INPUT type="submit" value="Go" >> name=submit></noscript> >> </form> >> >> >> Anyone know how to set the cookie and then read it back next time the >> user visits the site so it's automatically at the last language they used? >> >> The main url will be www.site.com and the client doesn't think their >> users will know to actually go to languagepreference.site.com ... >> >> Thanks in advance ... >> >> >> Cheers, >> Erika >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219406 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
