DHTML Events

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Fires when a FORM is about to be submitted.

Inline HTML	<FORM onsubmit = "handler" ... >	All platforms
Event property	form.onsubmit = handler	ECMA-262 Language Specification
Named script	<script FOR=form EVENT=onsubmit>	Internet Explorer® only

Bubbles	No
Cancels	Yes
To invoke	Submit a form using the INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=image, or BUTTON type=submit object.
Default action	Causes a form to be sent to whatever location is stipulated in the ACTION attribute of the form object.

A submit event occurs when a form is submitted. This event only applies to the FORM element.

This event can be overridden by returning false in the event handler. This capability is useful for the developer who wants to validate data on the client side to prevent invalid data from being submitted to the server.

If the event handler is called by the onsubmit attribute of the form object, the code must explicitly request the return value using the return function, and the event handler must provide an explicit return value for each possible code path in the event handler function.

Note that submitting a form thru script using the submit method does not invoke the onsubmit event handler.

While event handlers in the Document Object Model do not receive parameters directly, the handler can query the event object for data.

Event Object Properties

The example demonstrates how to request the return value using the return function when using onsubmit on a form.

<form onsubmit = "return validateForm(this)">
   ... form control definitions here ...
</form>

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