>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
Have you tried changing the action attribute of the form using javascript as in: <input type="button" value="Search for AA" class="SearchSubmit" onClick="document.searchForm.action='search.cfm?fuseaction=AAResults'"> <input type="button" value="Search for BB" class="SearchSubmit" onClick="document.searchForm.action='search.cfm?fuseaction=BBResults'"> <input type="button" value="Search for CC" class="SearchSubmit" onClick="document.searchForm.action='search.cfm?fuseaction=CCResults'"> larry > > >PECULIAR ASIDE: >Interestingly, to set the value of that hidden field, you use: > form.form_action.value = "whatever", >...even though there's a hidden field plus multiple submit btns, all with >that name. Typically you'd need to access that hidden field as: > form.form_action.value[0] >...but that generates an error. It's like the named submit btns don't exist >on this level. Odd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:206530 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
