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gtilflm


Subject: How to stop the "enter" key from submitting a test/surveyQuote this post in your reply
Hello. I've been noticing that when students are entering an answer to a text box and they press "Enter", it submits the test. Of course, they don't need to do that, but when they do it submits and incomplete test. Would there be a way to....

1.) Disassociate the enter button and the submit action, or,
2.) Have a pop-up appear that says, "Would you like to submit this test?" with a Yes/No option.


Thank you!
Posted: 2009-10-29 13:01:35
harris

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Subject: Re: How to stop theQuote this post in your reply
Are all questions on the same page?
Posted: 2009-10-29 14:13:50
gtilflm


Subject: Re: How to stop theQuote this post in your reply
Yes. They are.
Posted: 2009-10-29 14:20:05
greg

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Subject: Re: How to stop theQuote this post in your reply
There's not a confirmation currently when submitting a test, but that would be a good feature. I've added it to the tracker:

www.atutor.ca/atutor/mantis/view.php?id=3980
Posted: 2009-10-30 13:57:32
gtilflm


Subject: Re: How to stop theQuote this post in your reply
Greg,

Ok. In the meantime, is there any way to turn off the "enter button = sumbit" behavior by code?

Thank you.
Posted: 2009-10-30 14:09:02
greg

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Subject: Re: How to stop theQuote this post in your reply
You'd need to replace it with a javascripted button.

Google it. There'll be examples you can copy from.
Posted: 2009-10-30 14:20:29
gtilflm


Subject: Re: How to stop theQuote this post in your reply
Solved.

For those that are interested, here's what I did. Following the instructions at www.arraystudio.com/as-workshop/disable-form-submit-on-enter-keypress.html...

1. Insert the following into ATutor/themes/your_theme/include/header.tmpl.php


<?php
<script language="JavaScript">
function disableEnterKey(e)
{
     var key;

     if(window.event)
          key = window.event.keyCode;     //IE
     else
          key = e.which;     //firefox

     if(key == 13)
          return false;
     else
          return true;
}
</script>
?>

2. Any question types with an input field in ATutor/your_theme/default/test_questions/question_type_with_text_input_area put:


<?php
"onKeyPress="return disableEnterKey(event)"
?>



into the <input> tag.

Like this:

<input type="text" onKeyPress="return disableEnterKey(event)" name="answers[<?php echo $this->row['question_id']; ?>]" class="formfield" size="15" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->response); ?>" />



Enjoy!
Posted: 2009-10-30 17:56:25
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