I am really struggling to get this to work. I have many forms on my
site, and I need to disable the submit buttons whenever they are
clicked, then submit the form.

I can get it to work in firefox, but IE does not like that code. It
doesnt disable the button

I am looking for a generic solution which I can include in a common
header file, hen add a small tag to each button.

It must work in IE 5+ and Firefox 1.0

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Request for Question Clarification by hammer-ga on 12 Jan 2005 04:56 PST

Is this to prevent the form from being submitted more than once?

- Hammer

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Clarification of Question by stella_uk-ga on 12 Jan 2005 06:46 PST

Hi yes, thats right. A dialog saying something would be just as good. 
I failed to get this to work on firefox and IE also :-(

Stella_uk,

Try this first:
IRT.org Javascript FAQ
Q1636 How can I stop a user from hitting the Submit button twice?
http://developer.irt.org/script/1636.htm


If the above doesn't work in all the cases you need to support, here
is an alternate Javascript method:
From Squeaky's JavaScript crib page
http://www.squeaky.demon.co.uk/jn/usforms.htm
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: I have a problem with people that hit the submit button more that once on my 
: signup form. It creates multiple submissions. Someone told me that there is a 
: javascript that prevents someone from hitting a submit button more than once. 
: Any help regarding this would be appreciated.

In the head of your html, put this script:

<script>
function checkit ()
{
  if (dunnit) {
    alert ("One submission per person!");
    return false;
  } else {	
    alert ("Thank you for your input.");
    dunnit = true;
    return true;
}
var dunnit = false;
</script>

_In_ your submit button tag, put this:
onSubmit="return checkit()"

This runs the above function, which checks to see if dunnit is true.
If it is, the form doesn't submit.  If it is false, it is set to true
and submits. 
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There is also a cookie based method:
NetMechanic
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol5/html_no16.htm


Good luck with your web project!

- Hammer

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Clarification of Answer by hammer-ga on 12 Jan 2005 07:06 PST

Search Strategy
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prevent form submit "more than once"