Andy - Based on your email it is hard to tell, but I think you are attempting to do a form.submit(); call in the link action to submit the form.
Assuming this is the case, I have the following advice - if you MUST submit using javascript instead of a submit button, avoid the use of form.submit(); it seems to flake out a lot. Instead, setup a submit button using CSS to make it not display like so: <input type="submit" name="fakeSubmitButton" style="display:none;" /> (if you don't know CSS, the style is what makes the button not show up on the page.) Then, wherever you have your form.submit(); call now, change it to be form.fakeSubmitButton.click(); This works far more reliably for me. Matt Bathje (sorry for the non-struts stuff!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barrows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:16 AM Subject: RE: Re: Why does <html:submit> work differently than <html:link action="">? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Close [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:10 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Re: Why does <html:submit> work differently than > > <html:link > > action="">? > > > > > > hi Robert, > > > > yes i've tried using javascript, but i must be doing something wrong. > > i've tried two approaches. 1) i was calling a javascript function > > that set the action for me and then submited the form. but the values > > inside my hidden fields weren't getting picked up. 2) Wendy gave me a > > slightly different approach to try by calling the function and setting > > the values of the hidden fields and then submitting. however, two of > > the hidden fields are set upon arrival to the page by my action form. > > but they are not being picked up when i leave. > > all of this works flawlessly when using a submit button. :) > > That's not surprising, since that's what the submit button is supposed to do. You are trying to thing the non-standard and completely screwy way (which imntbho in general of doing ANYTHING in javascript). I would suggest that you are not calling, or setting up the form correctly in your javascript. Works with submit, doesn't work with javascript... it's a javascript issue, not a struts issue. > I would suggest a javascript form might have more expertise then you might find here, but posting the javascript would be of help for those who do know something about javascript. > > > > > andy > > > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:58:44 -0500, Robert Miller > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Andy, > > > Sorry, I haven't been following your situation closely. > > > Have you looked into using Javascript to have the link trigger form > > > submission? > > > > > > An example of what I am talking about can be found here: > > > > > http://www.javascript-coder.com/javascript-form/javascript-for > > m-submit.phtml > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/28/2004 10:20:01 AM >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > i'm still struggling with form submission. i would prefer to use > > > links on the page to submit my form instead of a 'submit > > button'. but > > > i'm unable to get the correct functionality to work. when > > submitting > > > with the submit button all my hidden fields are slurped up and > > > populated on the next page correctly. however, when using > > <html:link> > > > i'm only able to get one of the values from my hidden fields slurped > > > up. the others remain blank... > > > using the debugger in my action form i only see one of the three set > > > methods getting called even though all three hidden fields > > are inside > > > the form and are populated. i am using the <html:hidden> field. ;) > > > any thoughts? i'm sure there are others that use links on forms > > > instead of buttons. what are you doing? > > > > > > thanks > > > andy > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
