How to prevent form submission while using HTML5 client-side form validation in Opera 11?
Here is a sample test page:
Validation works in Opera 11, but when the button is clicked after entering a value, the browser submits the form.
I want the browser to stay on the webpage always, which is good for client-side-only scripts, on the local hard drive, where there is no server, for example.
When I add return false;
or try to prevent the form from submitting, the validation no longer works.
Opera 11.10 Build 2092
EDIT:
Thanks to robertc's solution, I got it working. Here is the test page without jQuery.
(function() {
"use strict";
window.addEventListener("load", function() {
document.getElementById("testForm").addEventListener("submit", function(event) {
event.target.checkValidity();
event.preventDefault(); // Prevent form submission and contact with server
event.stopPropagation();
}, false);
}, false);
}());
<section>
<h2>Test</h2>
<form id="testForm">
<input type="text" name="test" id="test" required/>
<input type="submit" value="Test" />
</form>
</section>
OK, try this. The form is basically as before:
<section>
<h2>Test</h2>
<form id="form">
<input type="text" name="test" id="test" required/>
<input type="submit" value="Test"/>
</form>
</section>
Then bind the submit
event to a function which calls the checkValidity()
method:
function manualValidate(ev) {
ev.target.checkValidity();
return false;
}
$("#form").bind("submit", manualValidate);