[WEB4LIB] Submit Buttons vs. the Enter Key

[Thomas Dowling]

By using a browser that does that.  It isn't controllable in HTML.

<URL:http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9801/0210.html> has a
more thorough explanation, but the gist is that browsers control how the
enter key behaves in a form, and that behavior varies among different
browsers.  People who want to keep their hands on the keyboard are advised
to make friends with Mr. Tab Key.

<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#h-17.11.2>
describes the HTML 4.0 accesskey attribute, which ought to be of some
assistance.  However, to my knowledge, only IE4+ support it at all.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Pasicznyuk, Bob
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 12:11 PM
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> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Submit Buttons vs. the Enter Key
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> If you have several buttons on an  HTML form (Submit, reset, ect.) and
> want the Enter key to apply to any given button (example: submit), how
> do you make the Enter key apply to that button?
>
> Thanks.
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