HTML forms are used to pass data to a server. A form is essentially a container that can be used to hold any amount of any subset of several types of data.
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How to align checkboxes and their labels consistently cross-browsers
This is one of the minor CSS problems that plagues me constantly. How do folks around StackOverflow vertically align checkboxes and their labels consistently cross-browser? Whenever I align them ...
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votes
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JavaScript post request like a form submit
I'm trying to direct a browser to a different page. If I wanted a GET request, I might say
document.location.href = 'http://example.com/q=a';
But the resource I'm trying to access won't respond ...
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Resetting a multi-stage form with jQuery
I have a form with a standard reset button coded thusly:
<input type="reset" class="button standard" value="Clear" />
Trouble is, said form is of the multi-stage sort, so if a user fills out ...
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When setting a form's opacity should I use a decimal or double?
I'm new to C# and I want to use a track-bar to change a form's opacity.
This is my code:
decimal trans = trackBar1.Value / 5000;
this.Opacity = trans;
When I try to build it, I get this error:
...
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How to handle checkboxes in ASP.NET MVC forms?
This seems a bit bizarre to me, but as far as I can tell, this is how you do it.
I have a collection of objects, and I want users to select one or more of them. This says to me "form with ...
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votes
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Is there a W3C valid way to disable autocomplete in a HTML form?
When using the xhtml1-transitional.dtd doctype, collecting a credit card number with the following HTML
<input type="text" id="cardNumber" name="cardNumber" autocomplete='off'/>
will flag a ...
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votes
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Submitting a form on 'Enter' with jQuery?
I have a bog-standard login form - an email text field, a password field and a submit button on an AIR project that's using HTML/jQuery. When I hit Enter on the form, the entire form's contents ...
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votes
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Check if option is selected with jQuery, if not select a default
Using jQuery, how do you check if there is an option selected in a select menu, and if not, assign one of the options as selected.
(The select is generated with a maze of PHP functions in an app I ...
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votes
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In a django form, How to make a field readonly (or disabled) so that it cannot be edited?
In a django form, how do I make a field read-only (or disabled)?
When the form is being used to create a new entry, all fields should be enabled - but when the record is in update mode some fields ...
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votes
14answers
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How do you overcome the html form nesting limitation
I know that xhtml doesn't support nested form tags and I have already read other answers
here in stackoverflow regarding this subject, but I still haven't figured out an elegant solution to the ...
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votes
14answers
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Clearing <input type='file' /> using jQuery
Is it possible to clear an <input type='file' /> control value with jQuery? I've tried the following:
$('#control').attr({ value: '' });
But it's not working.
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Is there a Javascript MVC (micro-)framework? [closed]
Are there any client-side Javascript MVC (micro-)frameworks?
I have a rather complicated HTML form and it would benefit from the MVC pattern.
EDIT:
I imagine a good solution would provide the ...
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jQuery AJAX submit form
I have a form with name orderproductForm and an undefined number of inputs.
I want to do some kind of jQuery.get or ajax or anything like that that would call a page through Ajax, and send along all ...
95
votes
2answers
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What is the _snowman param in Ruby on Rails 3 forms for?
In Ruby on Rails 3 (currently using Beta 4), I see that when using the form_tag or form_for helpers there is a hidden field named _snowman with the value of ☃ (Unicode \x9731) showing up.
So, what is ...
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How to prevent buttons from submitting forms
In the following page, with Firefox the remove button submits the form, but the add button doesn't. How do I prevent the remove button from submitting the form?
<html>
<head>
<script ...
