Re: (jeffa) Re: <input type="button"> does not generate parameter=>value pair

Thanks jeffa. Suppose I add a text field to the form:

#!/usr/bin/perl -T

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI qw(:standard);

print header, start_html;
print ("Submitted:", param(), hr) if param();
print start_form, 
    textfield('text1'), br,
    submit('button1'), submit('button2'),
    end_form, end_html
;
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Now I need to enter some value into it and press 'Enter'. That way I will get 'button1' in param() - and I need 'button2' instead. I suppose it is due the fact that button1 has tabindex lower than button2... Is there a way to specify tabindex?

By the way, when I pressed 'reply' I saw a button at the top of the screen - looks like my question title was parsed as HTML.

--dda

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(jeffa) 3Re: <input type="button"> does not generate parameter=>value pair by jeffa (Bishop) on Jul 16, 2003 at 06:28 UTC
Ooooooooo ... that's what you are getting at. I recently had a similar problem that i solved by providing another interface. In this case, it was a significant benefit to do so, as it allowed me to enter data quickly (type numbers - tab - type numbers - tab, etc.). If you don't care to code another interface you can still use a simple keyboard trick: when you have finished entering data in the last textbox (assuming there will be more than one), press `Tab` twice and then the `Space Bar` once (or `Enter` key once, but the `Space Bar` is closer). This should skip over the first button and activate the second. Of course, you probably can do this with JavaScript ... but `'JavaScript' ne 'Perl'` ;) That's odd that your question title was actually parsed ... tye fixed that a while back (see More HTML escaping), but it is possible someone was pmdevilin' around with the source at the time you saw this "Unidentified Formatting Occurence". jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]
Re: (jeffa) 3Re: <input type="button"> does not generate parameter=>value pair by dda (Friar) on Jul 16, 2003 at 08:09 UTC
I wish I could do it without JavaScript too - probably by specifying tabindex properly. About question title parsing - you can reproduce it - go to the full thread (<input type="button"> does not generate parameter=>value pair) and click on 'reply' link at the right of my comment - you'll see the square button at the top. --dda	[reply]