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nsmith
Junior Member 		posted July 12, 2000 01:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nsmith   Click Here to Email nsmith     Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
I have setup a form with required fields using Javascript. I would like to know how to send the user back to the field that did not fill, once they click on the error message.

billyo
Member 		posted July 13, 2000 01:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for billyo   Click Here to Email billyo     Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
If the extent of your validation is simply whether or not a field is blank, you could use this.
code:
<script language="javascript"><!--
function Validate()
{
for (i=0;i<document.forms[0].elements.length;i++)
	{
	if (document.forms[0].elements[i].value=="")
		{
		alert("yo fool, you left " + document.forms[0].elements[i].name + " blank");
		document.forms[0].elements[i].focus();
		return false;
		break
		}
	}
}
//--></script>

and your form would look like this...
code:
<body>
<form><input type=text name=text1><input type=text name=text2><input type=text name=text3><input type=text name=text4></form>
<a href=javascript:Validate()>Validate</a>
</body>

I think that'll work reasonably well in both major browsers.

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