Don't you think that would get old quickly for the user on a page with 200 or so inputs? I know come about my 15th mistake I would be rather annoyed by my 15th alert box. Although I still think that is just way too many inputs for one page for any user who still maintains some level of sanity.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:52 AM, charlie arehart < [email protected]> wrote: > Ramon (and others who might ever face such a challenge), while all the > suggestions so far are good ones, still one more that may suit your needs > would be to change CF's validation to happen when the user leaves the field, > rather than waiting until they submit the form. > > > > That's now an option, as of CF 7, though many missed the change. There's a > new ValidateAt attribute, and the values are onsubmit, onblur, and onserver. > You can specify multiples (including all 3) by separating them with commas. > OnBlur is the one that enables the new behavior to validate when they leave > (the term "blur" refers to leaving a field, as opposed to giving "focus", or > moving the cursor, to a field). For those who may be curious, the OnServer > form of validation does the work of creating the hidden fields for the > old-style server validation. > > > > Hope that may help someone. > > > > /charlie > > > > BTW, I don't say this at all to discourage people considering the other > options, all of which are useful and have their place. Just pointing out > this change in the built-in features. I did an article in my back page > "TipicalCharlie" column in the FAQU a few issues ago (Vol ii Issue ii, > "CFFORM: Are You Sure You Want to Ignore It?") where I highlighted this and > many other enhancements in CFFORM that may warrant giving it some renewed > attention. Still, I do realize that those using other solutions find them to > offer even more power. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Ecung II,Ramon J > *Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2009 5:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [houcfug] CFFORM Question > > > > Hey, I've got a quick question. I have a form with about 200 questions on > it with all of the questions being required. > > > > Right now if a user doesn't input any data and just hits submit, an alert > box pops up that is too large for the screen. Does anyone have any ideas > about how make this more user-friendly? > > > > Ramon Ecung, BS, ACHDS, MCP > > Support Services Analyst - Web Application Developer > > Division of Cancer Medicine - FC10.2005 > > 713-794-4273 | [email protected] | Unit 421 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Aaron Rouse http://www.happyhacker.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
