[aclug-L] Re: html form question for web designers/developers

[Sean Orion <sean_orion@xxxxxxxxx>]

One thought is to set up a tabbing order, putting the "Next" button
before the "Back" and "Cancel". That way once they enter all of the
information for the form, the next element to receive the focus would
be the "Next" button. The HTML Writers Guild has a very good
description of HTML elements and attributes on their website at
www.hwg.org. I found the following which might help you there at
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.11

Hope that helps.


--- "gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hey, I know there are some web designers/developers on this list
> and I have
> a dumb question for you.  I've got a form with multiple submit
> buttons
> (back, cancel, and next) and I want the default action to be next
> when the
> user hits the enter key on the keyboard.  Because of the order
> (back [if
> applicable], cancel, next), the next button is not used, and the
> default
> action is either back or cancel.  Is there anyway to change this? 
> The
> project I'm working for is for computer illiterates, and I REALLY
> don't want
> them to hit enter, causing the browser to use the cancel button
> (which
> erases any session variables and starts the process over), when
> they really
> wanted to just move on to the next step.  If I change the order of
> the
> buttons (next, back, cancel) it works how I want it, but it looks
> funny
> compared to most "wizards" the users will be used to.
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.  If it's at all
> helpful, the
> project is written in PHP/MySQL, HTML, and preferrably NO
> javascript.
> However, right now, I have a javascript.. uh.. script that prevents
> the
> enter key from submitting (which I'm sure users will complain
> about).
> 
> Thanks,
> gLaNDix
> 
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