| Event handler for |
Form
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| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Syntax
onSubmit="handlerText"
Parameters
| JavaScript code or a call to a JavaScript function. |
Security
Navigator 4.0: Submitting a form to a mailto: or news: URL requires the UniversalSendMail privilege. For information on security in Navigator 4.0, see Chapter 7, "JavaScript Security," in the JavaScript Guide.
Description
You can use onSubmit to prevent a form from being submitted; to do so, put a return statement that returns false in the event handler. Any other returned value lets the form submit. If you omit the return statement, the form is submitted.
Event properties used
type | Indicates the type of event. |
target | Indicates the object to which the event was originally sent. |
Examples
In the following example, onSubmit calls the validate function to evaluate the data being submitted. If the data is valid, the form is submitted; otherwise, the form is not submitted.
<FORM onSubmit="return validate(this)">
See also the examples for
...
</FORM>Form.
For general information on event handlers, see "General Information about Events".
For information about the event object, see event.
Last Updated: 10/31/97 16:34:02