In the onClick handler for the button, you can refer to the 'this' object, or pass it to a function. 'this' will always refer to the button that was clicked.
Can't do the same with onSubmit though. Maybe you could set a javascript variable using the 'this' object on the onClick, and pick up that variable to use in the onSubmit handler. bye Thursday, May 12, 2005, 6:58:24 AM, you wrote: DM> Say you've got a form with multiple submit btns, each given the name DM> "form_action", but with different values. When the form is submitted, the DM> clicked submit btn's value shows up as form.form_action, as expected. DM> However, from within an onclick handler for any of those btns, or an DM> onsubmit handler for the form, form.form_action.value is undefined. This DM> means that validation or other code that needs to know which submit btn was DM> clicked can't tell. DM> What I've done in the past is to include a hidden form field whose value is DM> what we pay attention to, and set its value in the onclick handler for each DM> submit btn. DM> Anyone have any other strategies? DM> Dave Merrill DM> PECULIAR ASIDE: DM> Interestingly, to set the value of that hidden field, you use: DM> form.form_action.value = "whatever", DM> ....even though there's a hidden field plus multiple submit btns, all with DM> that name. Typically you'd need to access that hidden field as: DM> form.form_action.value[0] DM> ....but that generates an error. It's like the named submit btns don't exist DM> on this level. Odd. DM> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206491 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
