Comments on: Quiz 4.1.5: JavaScript - Part 2: Navigating forms

By: Bob Easton

Bob Easton — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:15:38 +0000

In IE6, the file browser in the second form doesn’t launch a file browser, when activated by the ENTER key. Instead, it moves the focus to the Submit B1 button.

Hitting that same BROWSE button with a mouse click launches a file browse dialog, as expectde.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:36:32 +0000

Thanks for posting this Bob, was wondering what would happen

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:39:21 +0000

But is that lauched with microsoft pathces? Anyway lookinf forward to see your publishes about this discovery!

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:39:35 +0000

Just clicking through the form fields, I couldn’t click in sequence. Some were skipped over, and I was not allowed to go back.

By: brothercake

brothercake — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:40:43 +0000

I’ve found the same thing - on some checkboxes and buttons, hitting Enter sends focus to the submit button, while Space works as expected … not too sure why.

But I don’t think any actual behavioral oddities are revealed by this problem - it’s a problem with my scripting, not any particular device, so all I can suggest is to struggle on and try as much of the form as you can - if a bit doesn’t work, just carry on.

Results for this should be forthcoming soon :)

By: Access Matters : Summary of Results for JavaScript - Part 2: Navigating forms

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:59:44 +0000

[…] Quite some time ago, we published our second quiz about JavaScript accessibility. This one focused on form elements and all of the ways that JavaScript might interact with them. […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 May 2006 20:16:20 +0000

Many of the text input fields behaved very slowly, barely keeping up with my typing.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:42:34 +0000

Thanx for the post Bob. this will help a lot