forms

jQuery Validation Plugin: Invoke errorPlacement function when onfocusout, keyup and click

Hi, I am using the jquery validation plugin and want to use the errorPlacement function to add error messages to the fields title attribute and display just a ✘ next to the field. This works great when the form is submitted with the submit button but when any of the following events are triggered: - onfocusout - click - onkeyup The ...

jQuery focus/blur with Form problem...

I have a very small form where a user can enter their zip code into an input field and either hit enter, or click the submit button to submit their zip code to our database which returns search results to the page. Everything works fine using the Enter key. Things don't work so well when the user clicks on the Submit button... The rea...

Symfony forms question (restoring selected value of a dynamically populated sfWidgetFormSelect widget)

I am using Symfony 1.3.2 with Propel ORM on Ubuntu 9.10. I have developed a form that dynamically populates a select widget with cities in a selected country, using AJAX. Before the data entered on the form is saved, I validate the form. If validation fails, the form is presented back to the user for correction. However, because the c...

Filtering out page content with AJAX in Sitecore

I have a page in Sitecore that displays the list of clients. There's a form with two select boxes that should filter out clients not matching specified criterias. Clients list should be refreshed via AJAX everytime user changes one of the values in the form or after clicking Submit button if JS is disabled. What is the suggested approac...

One or multiple forms for chained select boxes?

I want to implement chained select boxes: the first select box determines the values in the second select box. I want this to work in plain HTML first, and add Javascript later. Should I have both select boxes in one form tag, or have two seperate forms on one page, each with a select box? ...

Open form for node/add with taxonomy terms set, no user changes wanted.

Hi, I use a hierarchical taxonomy with taxonomy menu and want to add to my view a simple link to the form for adding mynodetype "in this directory"=with this term lineage. (up to 4 terms) outside of drupal one would put a hidden form field.... what would be a good and drupalish way to accomplish this ? Do i need an own .tpl.php ? Fir...

Fixing form action when using iUI and Rails

Run into a bit of a problem when submitting a Rails form while using iUI. When submitting a form using the form_for helper in Rails, it jumps to a new separate page and loses it's original formatting. This is a problem for iUI which uses some fancy javascript/css etc to give the web app a nice native iPhone feel. Anyone got any ideas? ...

Entering Eth (Ð) into mysql

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone had experience of trying to get Eth to enter into a mysql database properly at all? I have a simple html form, processed using PHP4 code which stores the data in mysql, but i want to allow users to be able to use characters such as Ð, æ, ö and the like. I have tried different collations such as latin1 a...

onBeforeUnload and multiple forms

Hi everyone, I want to have a feature to submit several forms on a page when the user leaves the page. There is this "do you wanna save?" question and my code so far is like this: function checkForChanges( ) { if (window.formform1Changed == true) { if (window.asked == false) { window.asked=true; doSave = confirm("Wann...

What is a good programming language/environment for Linux database applications?

I could use some advice on my move from the Windows world to Linux. For my business, I have used VB6 and Microsoft Access with both Access databases and SQL server in the past. The easy to use forms, report writers and programming language were perfect for CRUD apps and analysis for our small hotel/restaurant business. After using L...

Delete empty values from form's params before submitting it

I have some javascript which catches changes to a form then calls the form's regular submit function. The form is a GET form (for a search) and i have lots of empty attributes come through in the params. What i'd like to do is to delete any empty attributes before submitting, to get a cleaner url: for example, if someone changes the '...

jQuery form post before submit

I have a page with a form on it that needs to post to an external URL. However, I also need this information to be sent to the current page (mypage.php). For security reasons, I cannot just post to mypage.php and use cURL to post via PHP to the external site - the form has to submit directly to the external site. This code would be fo...

Find value of selected item in Drop down menu.

I have a drop down menu in an ASPX page along the lines of: <form> <select name="cars"> <option value="volvo">Volvo</option> <option value="saab">Saab</option> <option value="fiat" selected="selected">Fiat</option> <option value="audi">Audi</option> </select> </form> That is dynamically generated from another controller (value...

Make a form not focusable in C#

Hi! I'm wanting to write a virtual keyboard, like windows onscreen keyboard for touchscreen pcs. But I'm having problem with my virtual keyboard stealing the focus from the application being used. The windows onscreen keyboard mantains the focus on the current application even when the user clicks on it. Is there a way to do the same wi...

Prevent ASP.net __doPostback() from jQuery submit() within UpdatePanel

I'm trying to stop postback on form submit if my custom jQuery validation returns false. Is there any way to prevent the __doPostback() function finishing from within the submit() function? I'd assumed: $('#aspnetForm').submit(function () { return false; }); would do the trick, but apparently that's not the case: does anyone have a ...

Standard names for HTML input fields

I've tried searching for the answer to this question all kinds of ways but with no success. Is there a list of "standard" names for fields in an HTML form? For example, "First Name", "Home Phone", etc. I suspect there's probably not an official standard but more of a loose convention. I am creating a form and if possible I'd like it to ...

How can I make Access combo boxes unfurl on arrow key down?

With combo box controls, I'm used to being able tab to them, click the down arrow key to open up the options, and then use the up and down arrow keys to navigate those options. In an Access form I've designed, pressing down while a combo box is active moves to the next control. I already have tab for that, so how can I get the down arr...

Does Len function only evaluate numerical results?

Why does the following code not output "Error" if the form is submitted with a blank field? Does Len only evaluate numerical values? <cfif NOT Len(Trim("Form.myField"))> <cfoutput>Error</cfoutput> </cfif> The following also does not evaluate as expected: <cfif Len(Trim("Form.myField")) IS 0> <cfoutput>Error</cfoutput> </cfif> HTM...

Drop Down list in PHP

In my application am submiting my form by using post for a php page. <form method="post"> <select name="txtplace"> <option value="1">ajith</option> </select> </form> here when i am try to get the value of my dropdown its only getting 1.How can i get ajith ...

Access information from one webpart and use it in another webpart in sharepoint 2010

My problem is this one, I am using Sharepoint 2010, I have a form created in sharepoint designer 2010, above that form I have a silverlight webpart. Now I need to be able to access information from the silverlight webpart when I click on it and insert that information in the form below it. Does anyone have any insight on how to do that?...