Subj : Re: event.returnValue
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng,netscape.public.mozilla.dom
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Fri May 06 2005 08:58 pm

Note crosspost/followup-to netscape.public.mozilla.dom

Carlos Barcellos wrote:

> I'm using a function to override the "onreset" event for a <form>.
> 
> Under IE if inside my function i do the following:
> 
> function myOnReset() {
>  event.returnValue=false;
> }
> 
> This acts as I want, the browser does not clear my form and let me do 
> whatever I want.
> 
> My problem is, this doesn't work under FireFox. Any suggestions?

IE has a global event object while Firefox uses an event argument e.g.
   <form onreset="return myOnReset(event);">
where the function then looks as follows (to work with both IE and 
Firefox and other browsers that implement the W3C DOM:
   function myOnReset (evt) {
     if (evt.preventDefault) {
       evt.preventDefault();
     }
     return false;
   }

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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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