The point is that regardless of what btn was clicked, its value hasn't "taken effect" yet during onclick or onsubmit.
How does giving them different names help? Dave Merrill > Without knowing what exactly you're using it for, I'd say give the submit > buttons different names rather than values > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Merrill > > Say you've got a form with multiple submit btns, each given the name > "form_action", but with different values. When the form is submitted, the > clicked submit btn's value shows up as form.form_action, as expected. > > However, from within an onclick handler for any of those btns, or an > onsubmit handler for the form, form.form_action.value is undefined. This > means that validation or other code that needs to know which > submit btn was > clicked can't tell. > > What I've done in the past is to include a hidden form field > whose value is > what we pay attention to, and set its value in the onclick > handler for each > submit btn. > > Anyone have any other strategies? > > Dave Merrill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206481 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
