Try
<form onSubmit="ajax('{{=URL(r=request,f='search')}}',
['q'],'target');">
<INPUT type="text" id='q' value=""/>
<INPUT type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
On May 27, 4:03 am, Vincent Borghi <vincent.borgh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the following form (essentially taken from web2py examples),
> the "Enter" key does not work as expected, I am obliged
> to click on the submit button.
>
> === test1/views/default/searchform.html ===
> {{extend 'layout.html'}}
> <p>Type something and press the button.</p>
> <form>
> <INPUT type="text" id='q' value=""/>
> <INPUT type="button" value="submit"
> onclick="ajax('{{=URL(r=request,f='search')}}',['q'],'target');"/>
> </form>
> <br/>
> <div id="target"></div>
>
> === test1/controllers/default.py ===
> #[...]
> def searchform():
> return dict()
> #
> def search():
> chars = ""
> if request.vars.q:
> chars = request.vars.q # (to do: sanitize chars)
> rows =
> db(db.contact.site_code.like('%'+chars+'%')|db.contact.customer_rsa.like('%'+chars+'%')).select()
> return SQLTABLE(rows, truncate=48)
>
> ==========================
>
> In myhttp://127.0.0.1:8000/test1/default/searchformpage,
> once the input field is filled with something, then:
> - if I press enter, my browser (Firefox 3) apparently does
> a GET of the same current URL ("searchform"), without passing parameters.
> This is not what i expect.
> - if I click on the submit button, i obtain the expected behavior,
> i.e. the browser does a "POST /test1/default/search" passing
> appropriately the "q=xxx" param.
>
> How to obtain the same behavior whether the user hits Enter or he
> clicks Submit?
>
> Thanks
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