Hi,
You want Form.Observer, not Form.EventObserver, and you need to
provide an interval telling it how often to check the form for
changes. It happens that your use case *is* the example used on
Form.Observer:
http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/form/observer/
HTH,
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T.J. Crowder
Independent Software Consultant
tj / crowder software / com
www.crowdersoftware.com
On Aug 23, 12:36 am, Phil Petree <phil.pet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey All!
>
> I'm trying to implement a Form.EventObserver that will change a message
> within the form. By default the message says: "These are your current
> settings." and when a key is pressed I want the message to get changed to
> say "Click the Save button to save your new settings."
>
> I have the function that sets the form message and its working just fine
> (gets called from other routines like during an ajax onComplete).
>
> My problem is that I can not get the Form.EventObserver to call my routine.
>
> I have tried putting this in the form header, in a .js file that gets
> included specifically for this form and inline just below the form (which is
> what most examples show) and nadda... zip... zilch... nothing! No errors
> and it absolutely doesn't get called!
>
> // this code was used in the header and inline, strip off the <script> tags
> and the
> // raw javascript code was tried in the included form_name.js file
> <script type="text/javascript">
> new Form.EventObserver($("myform"), updateFormMessage);
> </script>
> function updateFormMessage() {
> $('myform_msg').innerHTML = "Click the Save button to save your new
> settings.";
> alert("Form Changed!");
>
> }
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
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