[RESOLVED] Edit a text field and click button without tabbing

oferu

Hi,

It seems that when in a field on a form you press tab or click on another field and only then the field is 'registered' with the value.
The normal sequence would be:
1. Edit text field
2. Press tab
3. Click on 'Save' button

If I skip step 2 I would lose the value entered in step 1. Is there a way to prevent this? For eaxmple, is there code to write in the 'Save' button script that would automatically 'accept' the text as though tab hed been pressed?

Thanks.

bogu

What do u understand by 'Save' button?
"Click on 'Save' button" - u mean mouse click or press enter to submit the form?
"If I skip step 2 I would lose the value entered in step 1" - u mean that if u don't press tab key the value from the text field just disappear?

Anyway I think I know what u mean, if u click on the submit button then the element name is being sent through POST, but if u press ENTER to submit the form, then the submit button name is not being sent so u should add a hidden field on the form and by that u would know when the form was submitted ...

oferu

Thanks bogu,
'Save' is just an example. It could be any Submit button.
I mean mouse click the button.
If I skip step 2 and do not tab from the field, but directly click on the submit button, I lose the data value in the field I edited. The value does not disappear, it is just not saved and in my script I get the old value that was there previously.
I think this is normal.
I would like to know if there is any way to enter a value into a field on a form (call it fieldA), then immeditely click a submit button (without tabbing into another field). Once I click submit, I reach the same script that displayed the form (I am using action=PHP_SELF method=POST) and I need fieldA to have the new value (even though I did not tab after populating fieldA). Is there a way to do that?

designxperts

When you click a submit button you don't need to tab for the value to be saved ... it will be saved directly in the global variable $POST... to make sure add this code to the beginning of the page and see if the value is printed ...for example you have a textbox named text:

echo $_POST['text'];

oferu

Thank You both for your replies. You are right. The value is actually saved.