You can always return false and inside the else block, add this javascript that will submit the form: document.forms["myForm"].submit();
On Jan 8, 3:19 pm, Walter Lockhart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Group, > > I have a registration.html.erb page with the following JavaScript at > the top which I use to validate form fields: > > <script type="text/javascript"> > <!-- > function validate(){ > if ((document.myForm.email_projectname.value=="")|| > (document.myForm.email_projecttype_id.selectedIndex<1)|| > (document.myForm.email_region_id.selectedIndex<1)) > { > alert ("You must fill in all of the required fields!") > return false > } > else > return true;} > > //--> > </script> > > further down the page I have the form: > > <% form_tag({:action => 'sendregistration'}, {:name => > "myForm", :onSubmit => "return validate()"}) do -%> > > <tr><td style="width:50%;">Project Name:<strong> *</strong></ > td><td><%= text_field 'email', 'projectname', :size => 30 %></td></tr> > <tr><td style="width:50%;">Project Type:<strong> *</strong></ > td><td><%= collection_select 'email', 'projecttype_id', > @projecttypes, :id, :name, { :include_blank => true } %></td></tr> > <tr><td style="width:50%;">Region:<strong> *</strong></td><td><%= > collection_select 'email', 'region_id', @regions, :id, :name, > { :include_blank => true } %></td></tr> > > etc. > > <%= submit_tag "Send", :class => "submit", :id => > "mysubmit", :disable_with => "Please wait..." %> > > <% end -%> > > When I click 'Send' without the required fields the 'Send' button is > disabled and the text is replaced with 'Please wait...' which is as I > expected. It also performs the 'validate' JavaScript function and > discovers that the required fields are not provided and displays a > popup window with the text 'You must fill in all of the required > fields!' > > When I click 'Send' with the required fields the 'Send' button is > disabled and the text is replaced with 'Please wait...' which again is > as I expected. However, the form does not Submit / Post, it just > hangs. > > What am I doing wrong? Would someone please help. > > Thanks. > > Regards > > Walter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
