Let's take an example. Suppose a form's header is defined as:

<FORM NAME="organizer", onSubmit="display(); return false;">

and is composed of two elements:

• A text field, NAME="prefix"
• A submit button, VALUE="Display"

The onSubmit event handler returns false in order to cancel the form's submission. If we aren't really submitting the form, then why didn't we use a standard button instead of a submit button? The answer is simple. If we used a standard button to invoke display() via its onClick event handler, that would be the only way to call display(). By using the form's onSubmit event handler to call the function, the user can also load the desired page by pressing Enter within the text field.

Learn more about canceling a form submission in Column 15, Lookup Lists.

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