I have built a fairly complex form which includes a hidden section that the user can toggle open for entering more information if necessary. However, when you click on this toggle button labeled I have more Nativities, it triggers the submit button and prematurely submits the form.
The form is in dev right now, but it can be found here.
The code I am using for the toggle button is:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$("#schedule").accordion({ header: "h5", collapsible: true });
$("#more-nativities").hide();
$("#toggle").click(function() {
$("#more-nativities").slideToggle("slow");
});
});
</script>
The code for the submit button is pretty basic:
<input id="submit2" type="image" src="_images/btn_register.jpg" name="submit" alt="" onmouseover="javascript:this.src='_images/btn_register2.jpg'" onmouseout="javascript:this.src='_images/btn_register.jpg'"/>
The code for the toggle button is:
<button id="toggle">I have more nativities</button>
Any ideas as to why the toggle button is triggering the submit? And more importantly how to solve the problem?
Thanks!
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4As an aside, I would suggest not using inline JS. Write unobtrusive Javascript.Peter Ajtai– Peter Ajtai2010年09月19日 22:34:00 +00:00Commented Sep 19, 2010 at 22:34
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It's very helpful to provide as much pertinent code as possible. I edited in your original code for the toggle button.Peter Ajtai– Peter Ajtai2010年09月19日 22:46:44 +00:00Commented Sep 19, 2010 at 22:46
4 Answers 4
Try adding a type, i.e.:
<button type="button" id="#toggle">Text</button>
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp says this should be always defined. It's possible the browser is defaulting to a submit button.
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<input> button. The code for the <button> tags wasn't included in the OP. I've edited it into the question.Esteban has one solution. A better one is described in the jQuery tutorial:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("a").click(function(event){
alert("As you can see, the link no longer took you to jquery.com");
event.preventDefault();
});
});
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Try
return false;
after the slide toggle on the click function fro the toggle button.
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From W3Schools:
Always specify the type attribute for the button. The default type for Internet Explorer is "button", while in other browsers (and in the W3C specification) it is "submit".
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp
Be sure to specify type="button"