Disabled form not submitting its fields - javascript

I am trying to disable the form on my site when the user click the submit button to stop duplicate submissions. Due to there being an input type file on the form the upload can take a while. So far I have tried this
$("#uploadForm").submit(function () {
$(":input", this).attr('disabled', 'disabled');
});
The trouble is that this stops the form sending any data to the web server. Is there some way to disable the form and still have it post the data.

Let it do the submit before disabling:
$("#uploadForm").submit(function () {
setTimeout(function(){$("#uploadForm :input").attr('disabled','disabled');}, 10);
return true;
});

I wouldn't disable the input button, this is confusing for the user. I would just overlay the form with a "Uploading.." message. See jQuery BlockUI plugin.

how about using a progress bar when submit is clicked..
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/loading

Disable the submit button not the form

What about just disabling the submit button?

Related

How to conditionally submit a form?

I am using following form and submit button in my dynamic html page.
<form method=\"post\" class=\"my-form\" >
and
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submitButton\" value=\"Submit\" id=\"button1\" />
What I am trying to do is when a particular input is provided by user, then display an alert box asking if user wants to submit the change or just stay on the same page without submitting the change.
I can display the alert box (with help from stackoverflow members) but along with window.alert what I should add to JavaScript so the form is not submitted if user clicks "cancel" on window.confirm and the form is submitted if user clicks "ok" on window.confirm?
JavaScript example is at fiddle
$(document).on('input', '.my-input', function(){
$(this).closest('form').addClass('changed');
});
$(document).on('submit', '.my-form', function(e){
if($(this).hasClass('changed')){
var x=window.confirm("You have set a unique threshold for one or more states below. Are you sure you want to reset them all?")
if (x)
window.alert("Thresholds changed!")
else
window.alert("Thresholds not changed!")
}
$(this).removeClass('changed');
e.preventDefault();
});
You just need to change your logic so that preventDefault() is only called when the user declines the confirm box. Try this:
$(document).on('submit', '.my-form', function (e) {
if ($(this).hasClass('changed')) {
var allowSubmit = window.confirm("You have set a unique threshold for one or more states below. Are you sure you want to reset them all?")
if (!allowSubmit)
e.preventDefault()
}
});
Example fiddle
If you click 'OK' you'll see that the form is submit (and a warning from jsFiddle to use a POST request - but that's normal), whereas clicking 'Cancel' does nothing.
You can also return false in your submit function handler, it should work. Check this question for an example.

Why isn't the submit button included in the post when submitting a form with jquery

When a form is submitted with a button click or by pressing enter, the submit button is included in the posted fields. However if the form is submitted with jquery($('#some_form').submit();), the submit button isn't included. If a click event is triggered on the button, it's included in the posted fields.
Is this behavior normal? Is there a way to include the button in the submitted fields by using the submit method?
**EDIT: ** As #Pointy stated in the comments:
An "Enter" from an input field can cause a submit; the rules for that are somewhat complicated. Usually it has to do with how many input fields there are (like, just one, or more than one).
So apparently not every time when enter is pressed the form is submitted, but I couldn't find any info about it. Could someone post a link, or explain these rules about what triggers the form submission and which form fields are included?
You could do something like this: https://jsfiddle.net/6smh74s9/2/
Javascript
$('form').on('submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var data = [];
$(this).find(':input').each(function () {
if (this.name) {
data.push({ name: this.name, value: this.value });
}
});
$('div').html($.param(data));
});

Aweber form not collecting leads because of simple jquery code [duplicate]

I have a form that uploads a file and targets an iframe on the page. When the user clicks submit, I want the file contents to "clear" out.
I tried this
$('#imageaddform').submit(function(){
$('#imagefile').val('');
});
But it clears the form before the submit, so nothing is ever uploaded.
Is how do I clear after submit?
If you have no other handlers bound, you could do something like this:
$('#imageaddform').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // don't submit multiple times
this.submit(); // use the native submit method of the form element
$('#imagefile').val(''); // blank the input
});
Lonesomeday's solution worked for me but for Google Chrome I found it would still submit empty form data unless I added a timeout like this:
$('#imageaddform').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // don't submit multiple times
this.submit(); // use the native submit method of the form element
setTimeout(function(){ // Delay for Chrome
$('#imagefile').val(''); // blank the input
}, 100);
});
You could do something like this:
$('#imageaddform').submit(function(){
setTimeout(function() {
$('#imagefile').val('');
},100);
});
How are u submitting the form? if this is normal form post then then page wont exist in that case i am wondering if u are looking to clear the form before the page refreshses so that when the user comes back he doesn't see the values populated.
If the form is submitted by ajax then you can
function(){
$('form1')[0].submit();
clearForm();
}
Did i miss the question?

How to create a pop up confirmation message with gravity form?

Does anyone tried to create a pop up confirmation message in gravity form. Also I would like to prevent the form from hiding after the submission.
Btw, in my Gravity Form confirmation type settings, I choose text as I don't want to redirect to any other page but only wants to display a popup confirmation text.
This is the only way for keeping focus on the page after submit!
input/button type="submit" always reset the page!
You have to use type="button" for your form submition button instead of type="submit".
Then,use little jquery/javascript code for displaying alert box:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("ID_or_CLASS_of_your_Button").click(function(){
//Your tasks performed when the button is clicked!Use AJAX to get your "input" values!
alert("Input confirmed!");
});
});

How to Prevent Users from Submitting a Form Twice

<input type="submit" name="btnADD" id="btnADD" value="ADD"/>
when user click add button twice, from get submitted twice with same data into table.
So Please help me to restrict user to submit from twice.
Once the form is submitted, attach a handler with jQuery that hijacks and "disables" the submit handler:
var $myForm = $("#my_form");
$myForm.submit(function(){
$myForm.submit(function(){
return false;
});
});
Returning "false" from the submit handler will prevent the form from submitting. Disabling buttons can have weird effects on how the form is handled. This approach seems to basically lack side effects and works even on forms that have multiple submit buttons.
try out this code..
<input type="submit" name="btnADD" id="btnADD" value="ADD" onclick="this.disabled=true;this.value='Sending, please wait...';this.form.submit();" />
You can disable the button after clicking or hide it.
<input type="submit" name="btnADD" id="btnADD" value="ADD" onclick="disableButton(this)"/>
js :
function disableButton(button) {
button.disabled = true;
button.value = "submitting...."
button.form.submit();
}
If you are working with java server side scripting and also using struts 2 then you refer this link which talks about on using token.
http://www.xinotes.org/notes/note/369/
A token should be generated and kept in session for the initial page render, when the request is submitted along with the token for the first time , in struts action run a thread with thread name as the token id and run the logic whatever the client has requested for , when client submit again the same request, check whether the thread is still running(thread.getcurrentthread().interrupted) if still running then send a client redirect 503.
And if you are not using any framework and looking for simple workout.
You can take help of the
java.util.UUID.randomUUID();
Just put the random uuid in session and also in hidden form field and at other side(the jsp page where you are handling other work like storing data into database etc.) take out the uuid from session and hidden form field, If form field matches than proceed further, remove uuid from session and if not than it might be possible that the form has been resubmitted.
For your help i am writing some code snippet to give idea about how to achieve the thing.
<%
String formId=(java.util.UUID.randomUUID()).toString();
session.setAttribute(formId,formId);
%>
<input type='hidden' id='formId' name='formId' value='<%=formId%>'>
You could notify the user that he drinks too much coffee but the best is to disabled the button with javascript, for example like so:
$("#btnADD").on('click', function(btn) {
btn.disabled = true;
});
I made a solution based on rogueleaderr's answer:
jQuery('form').submit(function(){
jQuery(this).unbind('submit'); // unbind this submit handler first and ...
jQuery(this).submit(function(){ // added the new submit handler (that does nothing)
return false;
});
console.log('submitting form'); // only for testing purposes
});
My solution for a similar issue was to create a separate, hidden, submit button. It works like so:
You click the first, visible button.
The first button is disabled.
The onclick causes the second submit button to be pressed.
The form is submitted.
<input type="submit" value="Email" onclick="this.disabled=true; this.value='Emailing...'; document.getElementById('submit-button').click();">
<input type="submit" id='submit-button' value="Email" name="btnSubmitSendCertificate" style='display:none;'>
I went this route just for clarity for others working on the code. There are other solutions that may be subjectively better.
You can use JavaScript.
Attach form.submit.disabled = true; to the onsubmit event of the form.
A savvy user can circumvent it, but it should prevent 99% of users from submitting twice.
You can display successful message using a pop up with OK button when click OK redirect to somewhere else
Disable the Submit Button
$('#btnADD').attr('disabled','disabled');
or
$('#btnADD').attr('disabled','true');
When user click on submit button disable that button.
<form onSubmit="disable()"></form>
function disable()
{
document.getElementById('submitBtn').disabled = true;
//SUBMIT HERE
}
Create a class for the form, in my case I used: _submitlock
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).on('submit', '._submitlock', function (event) {
// Check if the form has already been submitted
if (!$(this).hasClass('_submitted')) {
// Mark the form as submitted
$(this).addClass('_submitted');
// Update the attributes of the submit buttons
$(this).find('[type="submit"]').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
// Add classes required to visually change the state of the button
$(this).find('[type="submit"]').addClass("buttoninactive");
$(this).find('[type="submit"]').removeClass("buttonactive");
} else {
// Prevent the submit from occurring.
event.preventDefault();
}
});});
Put a class on all your buttons type="submit" like for example "button-disable-onsubmit" and use jQuery script like the following:
$(function(){
$(".button-disable-onsubmit").click(function(){
$(this).attr("disabled", "disabled");
$(this).closest("form").submit();
});
});
Remember to keep this code on a generic javascript file so you can use it in many pages. Like this, it becomes an elegant and easy-to-reuse solution.
Additionally you can even add another line to change the text value as well:
$(this).val("Sending, please wait.");
Add a class to the form when submitted, stopping a user double clicking/submitting
$('form[method=post]').each(function(){
$(this).submit(function(form_submission) {
if($(form_submission.target).attr('data-submitted')){
form_submission.preventDefault();
}else{
$(form_submission.target).attr('data-submitted', true);
}
});
});
You can add a class to your form and your submit button and use jquery:
$(function() {
// prevent the submit button to be pressed twice
$(".createForm").submit(function() {
$(this).find('.submit').attr('disabled', true);
$(this).find('.submit').text('Sending, please wait...');
});
})
None of these solutions worked for me as my form is a chat and repeated submits are also required. However I'm surprised this simple solution wasn't offered here which will work in all cases.
var sending = 0;
$('#myForm').submit(function(){
if (sending == 0){
sending++;
// SUBMIT FORM
}else{
return false;
}
setTimeout(function(){sending = 0;},1000); //RESET SENDING TO 0 AFTER ONE SECOND
}
This only allows one submit in any one second interval.

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