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Exception thrown in FireFox as a result of handling text box enter key Options
P. Chernoch
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2008 9:54:57 AM
Rank: Newbie
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Joined: 8/18/2008
Posts: 9
In my form I have a text box into which the user enters a URL, and two buttons: upload and cancel.
I wanted the upload button to be activated when the user types return while in the text box.

To accomplish this, I followed advice found on a website for handling the enter key:

Code: C#
/*
         * Causes a text box in a form to activate the designated button as its default button on a carriage return
         * in a way that is supported by numerous browsers. 
         * See http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/archive/2004/03/03/8374.aspx for commentary.
         */
        public void SetDefaultButton(Page page, TextBox textControl, Button defaultButton)
        {
            // Sets default buttons.
            // Originally created by Janus Kamp Hansen - http://www.kamp-hansen.dk
            // Extended by Darrell Norton - http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/darrell.norton/ 
            //   -- added Mozilla support, fixed a few issues, improved performance

            string theScript = @"
<SCRIPT language=""javascript"">
<!--
function fnTrapKD(btn, event){
 if (document.all){
  if (event.keyCode == 13){
   event.returnValue=false;
   event.cancel = true;
   btn.click();
  }
 }
 else if (document.getElementById){
  if (event.which == 13){
   event.returnValue=false;
   event.cancel = true;
   btn.click();
  }
 }
 else if(document.layers){
  if(event.which == 13){
   event.returnValue=false;
   event.cancel = true;
   btn.click();
  }
 }
}
// -->
</SCRIPT>";

            Page.RegisterStartupScript("ForceDefaultToScript", theScript);
            textControl.Attributes.Add("onkeydown", "fnTrapKD(" + defaultButton.ClientID + ",event)");
        }


Then in my Page_Load method I called:

Code: C#
SetDefaultButton(this.Page, PDFUrl, PDFUploadButton);


When the user types return in the text box, however, an Exception is thrown by function _eofi_a().
The message is "b has no properties".

Is there a way you would recommend to direct the return key to call click()?

- Paul

eo_support
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:17:59 PM
Rank: Administration
Groups: Administration

Joined: 5/27/2007
Posts: 24,193
Hi,

We can't spot anything abnormal from the above code. We tried it on both IE and FireFox and it works fine as well. Can you post a test page that demonstrates the problem?

Thanks!
P. Chernoch
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:56:15 PM
Rank: Newbie
Groups: Member

Joined: 8/18/2008
Posts: 9
I found a resolution. Instead of using the code I showed you, I added a defaultbutton attribute to the form, and everything works fine.

I know there was a bad interaction with google analytics. I think I broke the event handling mechanism by directly setting the handler/

- Paul
eo_support
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2008 3:19:44 PM
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Joined: 5/27/2007
Posts: 24,193
Glad to hear you worked it out. Thanks for the update!



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