FrontPage 2003 - Enter Key Exits Form

Using FrontPage 2003, I created a form using a combination of text boxes,
drop-down boxes and check boxes. All works great except when you hit an
Enter Key within any text box, the form immediately ends storing the data as
if the form had been completed . The text boxes are optional comment areas
within a survey so making them required (validation) is not really an
option. Even if I make the last field required entry, all previous answers
(long survey - 50+ questions) are lost when the person returns to the form.
Can the enter key be disabled within the form? Any other suggestions?

Thanks, Neal

Louis
Fri Feb 20 11:38:07 CST 2004

You need to use the Tab key to move from field to field. This can get some
getting used to but you might put a note on your form instructing the user
how to do this.

I do not know if you can change the function of the enter key without
affecting everything on the program or computer.

Someone else will have to answer that.

Hope this helps at least a little.

L.

"Neal Richey" <epicmra.neal@acd.net> wrote in message
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> Using FrontPage 2003, I created a form using a combination of text boxes,
> drop-down boxes and check boxes. All works great except when you hit an
> Enter Key within any text box, the form immediately ends storing the data
as
> if the form had been completed . The text boxes are optional comment areas
> within a survey so making them required (validation) is not really an
> option. Even if I make the last field required entry, all previous answers
> (long survey - 50+ questions) are lost when the person returns to the
form.
> Can the enter key be disabled within the form? Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks, Neal
>
>

Kevin
Fri Feb 20 11:51:30 CST 2004

You can certainly capture the ENTER key. The following example blocks it
from doing anything:

document.onkeypress =
function checkKeyPress(e)
{
if(!e)e = window.event;
var key = (typeof e.which == 'number')?e.which:e.keyCode;
if(key == 13) {
return (false);
}
}


"Louis" <FakeAddress@IDontLikeSpam.com> wrote in message
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> You need to use the Tab key to move from field to field. This can get
some
> getting used to but you might put a note on your form instructing the user
> how to do this.
>
> I do not know if you can change the function of the enter key without
> affecting everything on the program or computer.
>
> Someone else will have to answer that.
>
> Hope this helps at least a little.
>
> L.
>
> "Neal Richey" <epicmra.neal@acd.net> wrote in message
> news:erKd2R79DHA.888@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Using FrontPage 2003, I created a form using a combination of text
boxes,
> > drop-down boxes and check boxes. All works great except when you hit an
> > Enter Key within any text box, the form immediately ends storing the
data
> as
> > if the form had been completed . The text boxes are optional comment
areas
> > within a survey so making them required (validation) is not really an
> > option. Even if I make the last field required entry, all previous
answers
> > (long survey - 50+ questions) are lost when the person returns to the
> form.
> > Can the enter key be disabled within the form? Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks, Neal
> >
> >
>
>