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Aug 10.2010

Hi,

I’m using this:

[COLOR=”Purple”]onSubmit=”searchFunction(); return false;”[/COLOR]

in my Form tag, and this:

[COLOR=”purple”]onClick=”searchFunction(); return false;”[/COLOR]

in my submit tag. It works in IE but not in Chrome.
When the page is reloaded (showing the results) the ”go back” arrow (upper left corner) is not functioning. This is verry annoying becouse the form doesn’t allow to go back (in history). How do I solve this?

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@FangAug 10.2010 — Why use both events? You only need [I]onsubmit[/I].

How is the page reloaded?
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@yomooreauthorAug 10.2010 — Hi Fang,

You are right, I only need 'onSubmit' but I was using two of them because I thought it would solve my problem.

My problem is that I have a select list related to a search box. It's a simple 'search engine' sending a quary to google, yahoo etc.. When a visitor typs a search quary the results (google search, yahoo search etc.) is opend in the [B]same (main) window[/B] (so no tab/other window). The problem is that if a visitor selects an option (say yahoo) other than the default, typing a search quary and hitting enter or submit button, the select list [B]will first go to default state(google)[/B] and [B]erases the input field[/B]. Than [B]secondary[/B] the search quary is fired. Obvisiously

this is annoying for the visitor because his/here search term is [B]beeing erased and the select list is changing.[/B] The results however are good but because the form is [B]'resetting'[/B] it will cause some confusion. Also it' s not good for the loading time. I have tried to resolve this by "return false;" but now in Chrome, after the quary is given, the [B]''history/back'' button doesn't work[/B] anymore. In IE it works perfectly thow.
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