Thank you for your help so far btw, it is appreciated.
On Jul 31, 9:07 pm, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay.. that's not the same problem you described before. My advice
> about using the form's onsubmit handler instead of polling the
> document for an enter still holds.
>
> I don't quite understand *why* you're trying to do it the way, you
> are, but based on what you described this time, attach the keydown
> observer (your validate function) to the password field, bind your
> submitLogin function to the form's onsubmit event, and it should work.
>
> ... and a general piece of advice regarding your original question:
> if a window observer doesn't work in IE, try observing the document
> instead. One works for key/mouse events, and the other doesn't. I
> don't recall which is which.
>
> TAG
>
> On Jul 31, 2007, at 7:15 PM, boipster wrote:
>
>
>
> > That would work, however I will eventually be putting validation into
> > this same catchEnterKey handler. I will be validating before submit
> > and when the validation passes the button, as well as the enter key
> > press, will call submitLogin. If validation doesn't pass then the
> > button will remain disabled and the enter key will not submit. I just
> > haven't added that code yet. I want to test that I am indeed able to
> > catch an enter keypress and execute my catchEnterKey function first.
>
> > To clarify:
> > on every keypress in the password field I will check validation.
> > If validation passes
> > enable login button and allow enter keypress to submit
> > Else
> > disable login button, enter key displays error message.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > On Jul 31, 7:42 pm, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Re your keyup problem:
>
> >> Why don't you just bind your submit handler to onsubmit instead of
> >> onclick? Then the browser will catch the enter key for you. Your
> >> input button is already of type submit.
>
> >> TAG
>
> >> On Jul 31, 2007, at 6:05 PM, boipster wrote:
>
> >>> My protoype code:
>
> >>> Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
> >>> var checkAuth = new Ajax.Updater('uaDiv', '/auth/check',
> >>> { method:
> >>> 'get' });
> >>> Event.observe('password', 'keyup', 'catchEnterKey');
> >>> });
>
> >>> the page has the following div in it:
> >>> <div>
> >>> <label for="loginId">Username</label>
> >>> <input id="loginId" type="text" name="loginId" value="" />
> >>> </div>
> >>> <div>
> >>> <label for="password">Password</label>
> >>> <input id="password" type="password" name="password" value="" />
> >>> </div>
> >>> <div id="uaButtonDiv">
> >>> <input id="loginButton" type="submit" name="login" value="Login"
> >>> class="uauthLogin" onclick="submitLogin()" />
> >>> </div>
>
> >>> and catchEnterKey looks like this:
>
> >>> function catchEnterKey(e) {
> >>> if (!e) {
> >>> e = window.event;
> >>> }
> >>> if (e.keyCode == 13) {
> >>> submitLogin();
> >>> }
> >>> }
>
> >>> I'm trying to listen to the password input's keyup event and if the
> >>> last key hit was the enter key, I want to call submitLogin().
>
> >>> When I run this in FF the second Event.observe throws and error
> >>> saying
> >>> element has no properties. Firebug points me to _observeAndCache: on
> >>> line 2239 of protoype.js
>
> >>> If I try to step through this with Firebug I get into
> >>> _observeAndCache
> >>> and everything is great until line 2241:
> >>> element.addEventListener(name, observer, useCapture); and then it
> >>> throws this error:
>
> >>> [Exception... "Could not convert JavaScript argument" nsresult:
> >>> "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" location: "JS frame ::
> >>>http://urlwithheld/prototype.js::anonymous :: line 2241" data: no]
>
> >>> the Ajax.Updater call preceding loads the login form div (there
> >>> is no
> >>> actual form). I am using prototype 1.5.0 as that is what came
> >>> with the
> >>> latest stable script.aculo.us.
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