Closed Bug 24842 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

SUBMIT button on forms is not default button

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(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, enhancement, P3)

enhancement

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 22526

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(Reporter: djoham, Assigned: pollmann)

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Hello, I'm using build 2000012309 in Linux and I've noticed that on forms with a submit button, I have to go and click on the submit button for it to actually submit the form. I understand this is how NN 4 works. However, IE allows the user to hit the enter key anywhere on the form to activate this button. From my experience, users seem to like this. It would be nice if Mozilla would emulate this behaviour, providing it doesn't break any W3C spec. I've marked this as an enhancement request, not a bug. Thanks David
Moving to "Form Submission" component from "Browser-General". The only problem with this is that accidentally hitting <ENTER> while in the middle of filling out the form would submit an incomplete form, something that can be troublesome if the form is not checked or from-checking is not perfect.
Assignee: nobody → karnaze
Component: Browser-General → Form Submission
QA Contact: nobody → ckritzer
Reassigning to Eric and marking later.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → LATER
*** Bug 45843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updating QA contact.
QA Contact: ckritzer → vladimire
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: PC → All
Resolution: LATER → ---
phasing out later. mpt: have fun.
Reassigning to pollmann, CCing rods.
Assignee: karnaze → pollmann
Status: REOPENED → NEW
*** Bug 60249 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
cc'ing self since this affects keybd nav.
Sean Richardson wrote: > The only problem with this is that accidentally hitting <ENTER> while > in the middle of filling out the form would submit an incomplete form, > something that can be troublesome if the form is not checked or from-checking > is not perfect. Perhaps you could use Ctrl+Enter to force the form to submit? Also, should submit form appear on a menu and/or the forms toolbar? You could cascade the menu to show the values for multiple submit buttons.
This is really a dup of bug 22526. Frequently people request pressing Enter to submit the form in all cases instead of just the "only one text input" case. Please attach any discussion of this decision to that bug report. Thanks! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 22526 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
"Verified dupe of bug 22526: "Enter in text input submits form iff there is exactly one text input
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: HTML: Form Submission → DOM: Core & HTML
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