tab and enter buttons

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Hi,

I have two buttons on my page.
One button is 'Submit' button and one button is 'Cancel' button.

I want to use the 'tab' button and the 'enter' button in addition to using mouse.

After clicking tab, when control is on 'submit' button, the click of 'enter' button should raise the submit event. On clicking tab, when control is on 'Cancel' button, the click of 'enter' button should raise the Cancel event.

When I browse the net, I see examples of using panel and default button, however I need more that default button.
Depending upon which button the control is on, hitting enter button should appropriately call the event of that button.

Regards,
NetQuestions

Posted 5-Dec-10 4:50am

NetQuestions

Updated 15-Dec-10 22:10pm

Dalek Dave

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[no name] 5-Dec-10 10:53am

Please clarify. If cancel button has focus you want to click the submit button?

Dalek Dave 16-Dec-10 4:10am

Edited for Grammar and Readability.

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Blesson Mathew · Answer 1 · 2010-12-15T21:04:00

Solution 3

hi,
just place an asp panel in the form ..make it sure that the whole control including the buttons are inside the panel..then set the default button as ur submit button..
Hope this may help you..

Posted 15-Dec-10 21:04pm

Blesson Mathew

Updated 15-Dec-10 22:42pm

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2010-12-05T05:14:00

when control is on 'submit' button, the click of 'enter' button should raise the submit event.
when control is on 'Cancel' button, the click of 'enter' button should raise the Cancel event.

This IS the normal behavior and you don't need to write any code for it. On pressing enter, default event of the control having the focus is executed.

What you read about panels and default button is about having a default focus on page load. If you are using tab explicitly to focus on buttons then you dont need this default button feature. Once your focus is on 'submit' button, pressing enter would raise submit button click event. Similarly, once you shift your focus to 'cancel' button and press enter - it would raise cancel button click event.

NetQuestions · Answer 3 · 2010-12-06T20:30:00

Solution 2

Sandeep, for some reason this is not working.

Is this because I have a timer control on the update panel?

Could it be that because I have timer, even if I tab and focus is on 'Submit' button, the focus gets lost?

If I press enter some 5 to 6 times, in one of the attempt it will work!!!
Regards,
Maneesh Menon

Posted 6-Dec-10 20:30pm