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Submitting a form using the ENTER key


Angie Schottmuller
05.22.2001
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On a Domino form or Page, you can create as many forms as you would like using HTML. Here's some code you can wrap around your fields so users can simply press ENTER instead of scrolling down or tabbing to a button to submit.

The example I have included wraps around an input field used for searching. This is very handy for providing users different search methods while using minimal real estate!



Code

On a Domino Form:

1) Close out the original form tag generated by Domino using pass-thru-HTML.

</form>

2) Insert HTML defining your form using pass-thru-HTML.

<form name=yourFormName onSubmit="return functionToExecuteOnEnter();">

3) Create the field you plan to search.

4) Create the button with an Action Hotspot the user clicks to submit the search with the following code behind it's hotspot:

functionToExecuteOnEnter()

5) Include text for the search query description.

6) After the field, button and desc., close the form by pasting the following code as pass-thru-HTML:

</form>

Now if users click enter, this form will execute the same as clicking the button would execute. Be sure to define the functionToExecuteOnEnter() in JSHeader.

Note: If you have input fields, they must be on a form. Be careful not to close off other values from a form. You may need to create several forms or rearrange the placement of the field values. (It is easy to include your hidden fields before you close off the Domino generated form.)


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