Multiple buttons on form submit

[Denster]

I have a simple form with 3 buttons depending what the user wants to do. One of the buttons is a Delete so I want to throw up a "confirm()" box when this button is pressed. I know how to do a confirm dialog if there was just one button on the form but what is the best way when there are a few buttons?.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

It's no different with 3, 10, 20, or 50 buttons than with 1 - the call is still the same - "confirm(...)"

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[Denster]

You missunderstand, the form submission looks like this -
<form name="Sub" method="post" action="textfile.asp?PageUser=<%=CustomerId%>onsubmit="return submitForm();">
submitForm() is a validation function. I only want the confirm box to appear when the delete button is clicked. Idealy some coding would go in the validation function to detect which button has been clicked.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

No - I did understand - you just didn't explain with enough clarity. You said simply "buttons", not "submit buttons". Buttons do not cause a form to submit unless programmed to do do. Submit buttons do.

Having said that, the anwwer is in that rant ;-)... simply make your delete submit button a regular button with an onclick that calls the alert, and then if the value is affirmative, call the form submit method.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Oh yes - if you choose that route (for there are others), you'll need to call your validation routine manually before submission, as calling the form's submit event bypassed the onsubmit handler.

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[Denster]

Ok thanks Dan! Will let you know how I get on.



Den