Rather than using a mouse to click a button, or tabbing to the button and hitting the space bar, you can make Lotus Notes more like the Web by just hitting "Enter" to click the button. This is useful in things like search forms.
All client JavaScript events
YourSearchField onFocus
useClick = window.setInterval("runSearch()",100);
OR
Form onLoad
useClick = window.setInterval("runSearch()",100);
YourSearchField onBlur
window.clearInterval(useClick);
YourSearchButton
The button has an HTML Name/ID of Search
Form JS Header
var newline = String.fromCharCode(10);
var useClick;
var sString;
var t_sString;
function runSearch() {
sString = document.forms[0].Query.value;
if (sString.indexOf(newline)>=0) {
t_sString = replace(sString, '\n', '');
document.forms[0].Query.value = t_sString;
document.forms[0].elements['Search'].click();
}
}
function replace(str, from, to) {
var i = str.indexOf(from);
if (!from || !str || i == -1) return str;
var newstr = str.substring(0, i) + to;
if (i+from.length < str.length)
newstr += replace(str.substring
(i+from.length,str.length),from,to);
return newstr;
}
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This tip is exactly what I was looking for, but it doesn't seem to work for me. Is there any way you can help me?
—Serge M.
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I just tested this by copying and pasting the code into a form and it worked fine, so I think it's one of the following issues:
- The user is using an old copy -- e.g., before you amended it. They should use what is currently there, specifically, check the line: t_sString = replace(sString, '\n', '')
- They don't have JavaScript enabled in their Lotus Notes client, or have an earlier release. It wasn't tested on R5.
- They haven't replaced the relevant parts of the code. For example, the field in the example is called "Query," whereas their search field might be called something different. Likewise, the HTML name for the button in the example is called "Search." Theirs may be named something different or not named at all.
—Peter Smith, tip author
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The tip was amended on June 18, 2006. It is reflected in the code above.
—Matt Gervais, SearchDomino.com Assistant Editor
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This is a nice tip, but it is important to mention that the rich-text field used as a search query must have: "enable multiple lines" on the control tab. If it is not, there won'tbe newlines characters in the field, and the JavaScript won't fire.
—Gregory E.
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