Environment: cocoon cforms
Bug: IE7 doesn't submit form
Cocoon Version: 2.1.11
Container: Tomcat 6.0
OS X 10.4.8
JDK 1.5.0
IE7 - enter key doesn't submit single-field form
This is an IE7 bug.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?
PostID=903924&SiteID=1&pageid=0
discusses this bug (not in relation to cocoon or cforms).
It mentions two workarounds
1. hidden input field
2. javascript to submeit form
if(event.keyCode==13) document.forms[0].submit()
<input type='text' onkeydown='if(event.keyCode==13) this.submit()'>
My results
1. hidden input field does nothing
2. javascript workaround has to be added to the widget. I see two
possible ways to do this.
<fd:on-keydown>
<javascript>
if(event.keyCode==13) document.forms[0].submit()
</javascript>
</fd:on-keydown>
and
<fd:attributes>
<fd:attribute name="onkeydown" value="if(event.keyCode==13)
document.forms[0].submit()"/>
</fd:attributes>
Adding to the widget definition thus:
<fd:widgets>
<fd:field id="q" required="true">
<fd:label>Search Terms:</fd:label>
<fd:datatype base="string"/>
<fd:validation>
<fd:length min="2"/>
</fd:validation>
This
<fd:on-keydown>
<javascript>
if(event.keyCode==13) document.forms[0].submit()
</javascript>
</fd:on-keydown>
or this
<fd:attributes>
<fd:attribute name="onkeydown" value="if(event.keyCode==13)
document.forms[0].submit()"/>
</fd:attributes>
</fd:field>
Never changes the generated html code as displayed by view
source in browser.
Thus 1. fails and I am unable to try 2.
My page had another form so I removed it resulting in no change in
the behavior, so the bug occurs
with either 1 or 2 (possibly more) forms on the page.
Multi-field form does in fact succeed, so it appears that this
specific bug is the one at issue.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Charles Rose
CogNet
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