I can't understand why this isn't working.
I have a form opened in new tab, which I want to close when submitting:
<form name="form" id="form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
//form inputs
<button accesskey="C" class="boton" onclick="form.submit(); alert('waiting...'); window.close()"> <u>A</u>djuntar</button>
</form>
when I remove window.close() the form is submitted, but when it's in my code, it shows the alert but not submitting.
Is there anything wrong?
you don't have to open the form in a new window (or tab).
you can either submit the data in ajax or use an inner hidden iframe as the target property of the form element. this way the form will open in a hidden inner element. e.g.:
<form id="eFrm" target="ifrm1">
</form>
<iframe id="ifrm1" name="ifrm1" style="display:none"></iframe>
The form won't be submitted until the event handler function has finished running.
alert blocks all execution of everything until the dialog is dismissed.
close closes a the window, so there is nowhere to load the form submission into, which cancels the request.
If you are going to close a window, don't expect it to be able to send an HTTP request at the same time.
You probably already found a solution, but I am posting this anyway for anybody who comes across the same in the future.
I am using Java servlets, but I think that is the same with every form submission => ability to choose which page must be displayed after the posted data was processed.
Once I have submitted the form, the doPost method in the servlet allows me to say which URL I want the browser to display after the data has been processed.
So, you can do probably do something along these lines:
request.getRequestDispatcher ( "/ClosePopup.html" ).forward ( request, response );
Then also create a file called ClosePopup.html, with nothing but a close () instruction
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body onLoad = "window.close();">
</body>
</html>
This way it won't be the button you click to trigger the closure of the popup, but you will be loading a self destroying page after the form is submitted. The final result is identical.
Ok my code is as follow:
<body>
<iframe>
<script>
$(function( {
$('form).submit();
});
</script>
<form>
<input type="file" name="myfile"/>
</form>
</iframe>
</body>
this is an iframe inside another page which has a form with upload files inside submitted via jQuery.
Now i'm wondering if it's possible to hide the page loading when the form is submitted, since i'm into another page and not into the iframe page directly.
^ remove this animation from browser when iframe form is submitted
Yes it can be done but instead you submit the form you should call post service from jquery to hide loding on page
Your script inside the iframe, should be:
$(function() {
$('form').submit();
});
That wouldn't have executed otherwise.
The way you are using text inside the frame, is for when Javascript is disabled on the client.
You can come across some problems also with frames. Can you not load the page contents into a DIV?
I have a html form, with a custom file upload field. And by that I mean that I have moved the actual file field beyond the borders of the page with css, that I have a custom input field and button in place, and that I have a jquery click event attached to that custom button to trigger the file input dialog.
It all works fine, in every browser.
But I need to submit the form through javascript. And I got somewhere that IE remembers my actions with javascript as a malicious manipulation of the file input field and blocks my access with an error "access denied" when I invoke document.formName.submit().
Is there a way around this, because I have gone completely mad by trying to search for a solution. I seriously don't want to use the default file input field, as every browsers renders it differently and messes up my design..
code:
<form name="thisForm" onsubmit="return false;" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="index.cfm/somepage">
<input type="file" class="hidden" name="hidden" id="hidden" />
<input type="text" name="shown" id="shown" />
<button id="button">browse..</button>
<input type="submit" id="submitForm" />
</form>
<script>
$('button').click(function(){
$('#shown').val($('#hidden').val());
});
$('submitForm').click(function(){
validateForm();
});
function validateForm()
{
//regular expression validation against all other input fields in the form
//not the file input field
validateVAT();
}
function validateVAT()
{
//connect to external service to check VAT
submitForm();
}
function submitForm()
{
document.thisForm.submit();
}
</script>
UPDATE:
I just tried to first upload the file, before submitting the form, through ajax, but that also gave me the acces denied error.. >_>
I was having the same problem, and I solved it by using a styled <label> tag with a slight workaround in Firefox.
http://jsfiddle.net/djibouti33/uP7A9/
The Goals:
allow user to upload a file by using standard html file input control
hide standard html file input control and apply own styling
after user selects file to upload, automatically submit the form
The Browsers:
Firefox, Chrome, IE8/9, Safari
IE7 didn't work, but it might if you add it to the workaround detailed below.
The Initial Solution:
Hide the file input by positioning it offscreen. Important not to display:none as some browsers won't like this.
Add another styled element to the page (link, button).
Listen for a click on that element, then programmatically send a click to the file input to trigger the native 'file explorer'
Listen for the file input's onchange event (occurs after a user chooses their file)
Submit the form
The Problem:
IE: if you programmatically send a click to a file input in order to activate it (2), programmatically submitting the form (5) will throw a security error
The Workaround Solution:
Same as above
Take advantage of the accessibility features built in to the label tag (clicking on a label will activate it's associated control) by styling
a label tag instead of a link/button
Listen for the file input's onchange event
Submit the form
For some reason Mozilla browsers won't activate a file input by clicking on it's label.
For Mozilla, listen for the click on the label and send a click event to the file input to activate it.
Hope this helps! Check out the jsfiddle for details on the html/js/css used to make it all work.
I found the answer myself, After 2 days of crazy trial&error. I hope I can help somebody with this..
I removed the hidden file input field from my coldfusion page and replaced it by an iframe tag. That iframe tag linked to another coldfusion page, containing another form with the removed file input field.
Now when I use javascript to click the file input field, which is still hidden from view, it still gives the browse file dialog without a hitch. But when I use javascript to submit the form, through the iframe, miraculously, it submits the form in the iframe, making it possible to upload the file in some serverside scripting of your preference.
iframe code:
<form id="formFileUpload" class="formFileUpload" name="formFileUpload" method="post" action="../actions/act_upload_file.cfm" autocomplete="off" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" class="buttonFileHidden" id="inputFile" name="partnersLogo" />
</form>
iframe itself:
<iframe src="admin/dsp_file_upload.cfm" id="ifu" name="ifu" class="buttonFileHidden">
</iframe>
javascript click & submit:
ifu.document.formFileUpload.partnersLogo.click();
ifu.document.formFileUpload.submit();
If you're like me, and you don't want to use an iframe, and you weren't too keen on the label solution mentioned above, you can just position the original button above the styled button with an opacity of 0.
Using the example above, you would still have:
<input type="file" class="hidden" name="hidden" id="hidden" />
<input type="button" name="shown" id="shown" value="Add File" />
But .hidden would be defined like so:
.hidden {
position: absolute;
left: -150px;
opacity: 0;
filter: alpha(opacity=0);
}
Config: Set the opacity to 0.5 (or =50) to see the transparent element and tweak the left positioning.
Arguably just as hacky as the answers above, but a bootstrap-friendly solution, and in my case, the only one that worked.
I found a weird solution to solve this problem.
It thought about the js click thread. If it goes out of this thread, there no more security issues.
I chose to use window.setTimeout. see sample below:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
$("#<%= this.fuDoc.ClientID %>").bind('change', uploadFile);
$("#<%= this.btnUpload.ClientID %>").click(chooseFile);
});
function chooseFile() {
$("#<%= this.fuDoc.ClientID %>").click();
}
function uploadFile() {
var fu = $("#<%= this.fuDoc.ClientID %>");
if (fu.val() != "") {
window.setTimeout(function () {
<%= this.ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(this.btnUpload, "") %>;
}, 100);
}
}
</script>
<asp:FileUpload ID="fuDoc" runat="server" style="display: none;" />
<asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnUpload" Text="upload" OnClick="btnUpload_Click" />
<asp:Label ID="lbltext" Text="" runat="server" />`
then, no more acces denied!
This is an old post but the problem still arises. This may not be working because jQuery kindly fails silently. I was having this problem and wondering why my hidden form would not submit and the file get uploaded. I started off by using jQuery, but then I went vanilla. It still didn't work but looked as though an exception was being thrown in my .click() function.
Running
try {
document.getElementById('formid').submit();
} catch (e) {
alert(e);
}
showed that we indeed were throwing an error, and quick research showed that this was because IE DOES NOT SUPPORT SIMULATED CLICKS ON A FILE INPUT. This means that when the form went to be posted, IE would refuse to post the form
Excuse the bold caps, but I know many people will see text and not read it
Have you tried
$('button').click(function(){
$('form[name=thisForm]').submit()
});
You need to change onsumbit='return false;' to onsubmit='return validateForm()'.
Then have validateForm() return true if the form passes your validation checks, or false if it does not.
The onsubmit='return false' is preventing the form from submitting via document.thisForm.submit(); as well as when the user clicks the submit button.
I commented these lines in j query.form.js then every thing works fine for me. Don't ask me the reason even i don't have the solution for that but it works for sure.
if (io.contentWindow.document.execCommand) {
try { // #214
io.contentWindow.document.execCommand('Stop');
} catch(ignore) {}
}
Can an onsubmit event insert an image into the page before the page submits/transfers control to the next page?
I am using classic asp.
Of course. The function resolves before the form is submitted.
(Although… while an img element may be inserted into the page, it might not load before the browser has gone to the next one, and even if it does, the user might not have time to see it clearly)
Yes . You can insert the HTML code (through javascript):
<img src="imgsrc">
But it takes a little time for loading the image. The form send the user to another page in new window or in the same window? Why would you want to insert an image in the current window if the page will be replaced with the new one?
Yes you can do this. It would be easier (for me to write) if you used jquery:
html:
<form id="myForm" action="">
<input type="text" id="someId" />
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
and then JavaScript would be:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#myForm").submit(function() {
$(this).append('<img src="someImage.jpg" alt="" />');
});
});
http://jsfiddle.net/rYUbQ/
But like others have said it might not be loaded and displayed before the form submits so you might want to instead look in to preloading the image and then just setting it to visible before the page submits.
This is related to question "Bookmarklet behind elements".
I want to either self close the iframe after form submission or if not possible, add a close button with the iframe to close it. my bookmarklet at the moment is
javascript:(function(){var iFrame=document.createElement('IFRAME');iFrame.src='http://www.yeongbing.com/testform/dd-formmailer/dd-formmailer.php';iFrame.style.cssText='display:block;position:absolute;top:5%;left:60%;width:40%;height:51%;overflow:hidden;';document.body.insertBefore(iFrame,document.body.firstChild);})();
I have tried the methods mentioned here but can't seem to work. Any suggestions?
Here's how you can close the iframe from your "Close Window" button.
First, give your iframe an id by adding "iFrame.id='foo';" to the end of your bookmarklet script:
javascript:(function(){var iFrame=document.createElement('IFRAME');iFrame.src='test2.html';iFrame.style.cssText='display:block;position:absolute;top:5%;left:60%;width:40%;height:51%;overflow:hidden;';document.body.insertBefore(iFrame,document.body.firstChild);iFrame.id='foo';})();
Then, in your iframe's source, change
<input type="button" onclick=window.close() value="Close Window"/>
to
<input type="button" onclick="parent.document.body.removeChild(parent.document.getElementById('foo'));" value="Close Window"/>