quick search submit on enter

Applications Grid / Reports
#1

Anyone know how to make the quick search submit when you press enter instead of having to click the button?

Thanks,
D.

#2

Re: quick search submit on enter

This may help. I use this in a login (control) app. Javascript, onload


function submitenter(e) {
 var keycode;
 if (window.event) keycode = window.event.keyCode; // IE
 else keycode = e.which; // FF

 if (keycode == 13) {
  document.F1.submit();
  return false;
 } else return true;
}

document.F1.input_username.onkeypress=submitenter;
document.F1.input_password.onkeypress=submitenter; 

if (document.F1.input_username.value == '') {
 document.F1.input_username.focus(); 
} else {
 document.F1.input_password.focus(); 
}
#3

Re: quick search submit on enter

I think the problem is that there is nowhere to put Javascript in a grid… which is silly. I’ve tried everything I can think of. I know how to call the button, but everywhere I try to add that javascript it just ignores it.

Pressing enter already submits the form. The problem is that when you click the quick search button, it actually calls a function to change one of the variables of the form that is being sumitted. So, since I can’t add any javascript for some reason, I can’t make that call to change before the form is submitted.

Crazzy…

D.

#4

Re: quick search submit on enter

Yep, GRID applications suck without any simple way to just drop some javascript or a javascript function into the header. Best solution I came up with which is 1) tedious and 2) not only working is to use the header and footer templates, make a template, put javascript in it and upload it and then assign it to your app, then generate code… and usually, that will work… It is a total pain in the butt, given other apps like to Scott’s point just allow easy access to javascript events for SC objects you have in an app…

I am dealing with this right now with a Grid, I get so sick of spending time trying to do simple things like this, is annoying. But, the benefits of SC still are too great to do without it for sure :slight_smile:

best -

David