Is it possible to have a button on my HTML template which sends an empty string to the handler? E.g. I used this form which has a text box:
<form method="POST" action="/data">
<p>City name: <input type="text" name="city_choice"></p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"></form><br></html>
This gives a text box with a submit button, is it possible to just have a submit button which sends either an empty string or some default text?
There are two option, first using input type "hidden" with default text like this:
<form method="POST" action="/data">
<input type="hidden" name="city_choice" value="Some default text">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
and second using jquery ajax.
There's also the way you were asked for, but instead of using input you can use keyword button:
<form method="POST" action="/data">
<button type="submit" value="test vlaue is sending" name="submit">CLICK ME</button>
</form>
will result in sending value from button, whatever you type in, but the button will be visible as CLICK ME.
Have you tried usign hidden html fields? You can set your default text there and send it with a button.
http://www.echoecho.com/htmlforms07.htm
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I got a form where I'm not allowed to edit the form directly. However I'm able to add etc. Is it possible to add autocomplete="off"-attribute without editing directly into the form?
This is my form:
<form action="/action_page.php">
<input type="text" name="firstname">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Hope that was understandable.
I suggest you to use <button> for the submit instead of <input> and give the tag an id .
Try this javascript:
function off_ac(){
document.getElementById('text_input').autocomplete = 'off';
}
<form action="/action_page.php">
<input id="text_input" type="text" name="firstname">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Autocomplete will be overruled by most browsers. A workaround is to change the text Field to text area. Set it to one row high and x letter Width, and it will look almost like a text Field.
I have one page with two separate forms. Most input fields are required. When I click the submit button on the second form, it asks me to fill out the required fields in the first form.
How do I make sure that it only validates the form in which I clicked the submit button?
<form method="post" action="index.php" name="orderQuick" id="orderQuick">
<input type="text" name="street" id="street" required>
<button type="submit" name="submitBtn" id="submitBtn">Submit</button>
</form>
<form method="post" action="index.php" name="order" id="order">
<input type="text" name="street2" id="street2" required>
<button type="submit" name="submitBtn2" id="submitBtn2">Submit</button>
</form>
I think it is because you have not closed <button> tag so it is considering both input type in one form. Close <button> tag.I think it will solve your issue.
I think you will need to use the jqueryvalidation plugin: (http://jqueryvalidation.org/valid/)
Using this plugin, on the click of the respective submit buttons, you just need to call the method:
$("#orderQuick").valid();
and
$("#order").valid();
This should solve your issue.
I want a html button with parameter functionality.
new/?sorting=desc is the url that it should link to. But when I try, the parameter is not passed. How should it be done? I tried both the methods below but none worked.
<FORM METHOD="GET" ACTION="./?sorting=desc">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Äldst först">
</FORM>
I want buttons that behave like these links:
Äldst först
Nyast först
If you want something to act as a link, then you should use a link.
That said:
When you submit a GET form, the query string is removed from the action and a new one is generated from the data in the form.
You need to store the data in hidden inputs.
<form action="/social/tracking/new/">
<input type="hidden"
name="sorting"
value="desc">
<input type="submit"
value="Nyast först">
</form>
<form action="/social/tracking/new/">
<input type="hidden"
name="sorting"
value="asc">
<input type="submit"
value="Sort the other way">
</form>
If you are using jQuery, you can use the code below.
This will fill a hidden input with the correct value when you click on one of the submit buttons.
<form method="get" action="./">
<input type="hidden" name="sorting" id="sorting" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="Äldst först" id="sort_desc" />
<input type="submit" value="Nyast först" id="sort_asc" />
</form>
<script>
$('#sort_desc').click(function(){
$('#sorting').val('desc');
});
$('#sort_asc').click(function(){
$('#sorting').val('asc');
});
</script>
I think its not possible. A form is used to send data (mostly) via POST or GET. Your goal is to open a specific URL. I would create a standard and would style it like a button. Whats the reason you want to use a button?
here is my code
<body>
<input type=text name=name>
<form action=new3.jsp method=post name="f1">
<input type=text name=name>
<input type=submit value=next>
</form>
<form action=new1.jsp method=post>
<input type=submit value=back>
</form>
</body>
as you can see there are two forms here with two different submit buttons named "next" and "back". The text box is in the form where "next" button is. My question is here how to send the value of this text box to "new1.jsp" clicking "back button" without using javascript. Thanks in advance...
Don't post form to JSPs. Post the to servlets instead, and let the server analyze the parameters and forward to the appropriate JSP depending on which button has been clicked:
<form action="/controllerServlet" method="post" name="f1">
<input type="text" name="name"/>
<input type="submit" name="destination" value="next"/>
<input type="submit" name="destination" value="back"/>
</form>
Using the above form (which BTW, is valid HTML), the servlet can use the value of the "destination" parameter. If it's "next", it should forward to new3.jsp. If it's back, it should forward to "new1.jsp". And if, for example, you want to redisplay the same page because the user didn't enter a valid value in the text field, it can do so.
That's the well-known MVC pattern. You should use it.
I have a simple form:
<form action="/search" method="get">
<input type="text" name="q" value="">
<input type="submit" name="search" value="search">
</form>
When submitting the url becomes `/search?q=Loremipsum&search=search
I really don't want that last bit, this seems pretty common problem and think it could be solved without js, but I realized that even google.com has this problem when you click on the search button. (maybe they don't care much about ugly urls?)
search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Loremipsum&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&..
Is there a way to prevent the value of the submit button to be excluded without javascript?
I see in Stack overflow the search is ?q= but they don't have a submit button.
You can omit name attribute in the final input like this:
<form action="/search" method="get">
<input type="text" name="q" value="">
<input type="submit" value="search">
</form>
Should do the trick. Keeping value attribute allows you to manipulate what text is displayed on the button.
For the record, you can also omit the submit button if you like, and the form will submit when you press return after typing your search term. (This is how the Stack Overflow search box works).