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Setting a button in a Jquery dialog as the default.

Posted on 2010-08-22

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I have a an asp.NET application that has a login page on it with a Jquery dialog box on it. In the dialog are fields for a user name and passwords, a login button and a cancel button. The Javascript that defines the dialog box is below. After the user enters their user name and password I'd like them to be be able to hit the enter key and have the function attached to the login button run. In other words at that point I'd like the login button be the default. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

function OpenLoginDialog()
{
    $('div#divLogin').dialog({
        height: "auto",
        position: [340, 300],
        modal: true,
        overlay: { background: '#fff', opacity: '0.7' },
        buttons: { "Login": function() { Login(ctl00_cp1_txtUserName.value, ctl00_cp1_txtPassWord.value); }, "Cancel": function() {window.close(); } }
    });
}

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by:sam2912

ID: 334983112010-08-22

try

function OpenLoginDialog()
{
    $('div#divLogin').dialog({
        height: "auto",
        position: [340, 300],
        modal: true,
        overlay: { background: '#fff', opacity: '0.7' },
        open: function() {
          $(this).parents('.ui-dialog-buttonpane button:eq(0)').focus(); 
        },
        buttons: { "Login": function() { Login(ctl00_cp1_txtUserName.value, ctl00_cp1_txtPassWord.value); }, "Cancel": function() {window.close(); } }
    });
}

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by:leskelly

ID: 334998292010-08-23

Hello sam2912,

Thanks for your response. That sets the focus when the dialog is first opened but after the user enters there user name and password the focus is on the last field in which an entry was made. Do you know how I can make the Login button the default button?

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Expert Comment

by:sam2912

ID: 335000012010-08-23

ok, have you tried switching the two buttons?

buttons: { "Cancel": function() {window.close(); }, "Login": function() { Login(ctl00_cp1_txtUserName.value, ctl00_cp1_txtPassWord.value); }  }

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by:leskelly

ID: 335000672010-08-23

The order of the buttons doesn't make a difference as neither one is acting as the default. When the user hits the enter key nothing happens.

I don't know if makes a difference but there are 3 asp buttons on the master page the login page is based on. They aren't available until the dialog is closed. Below is the html for the master and login pages.

<%@ Master Language="VB" CodeFile="ClientTrack.master.vb" Inherits="ClientTrack" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>Site Master Page</title>
    
    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="head" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
   
    <link href="~/Styles/Master.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="~/Styles/Dialog.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    <script src="/WebApps/ClientTrack3.5/js/jquery/jquery-1.4.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script>    
    <script src="/WebApps/ClientTrack3.5/js/jquery/jquery-1.4.2-vsdoc.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="/WebApps/ClientTrack3.5/js/jquery/jQueryUI.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="/WebApps/ClientTrack3.5/js/Master.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  

    <script type="text/javascript">
        window.onbeforeunload = confirmExit;
    </script>
    
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
            <Services>
                <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/WebServices/HelpService.asmx" />
            </Services>
        </asp:ScriptManager>
        <div id="divPageWrapper">
            <div id="divHeaderOne">
                <asp:Image runat="server" ID="HeaderImage" CssClass="HeaderOneImage" ImageUrl="~/Images/MasterHeader.gif"
                    AlternateText="Logo" />
            </div>
            <div id="divMenu">
                <asp:Menu CssClass="MainMenu" ID="MasterMenu" runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1"
                    Orientation="Horizontal" StaticEnableDefaultPopOutImage="False">
                    <StaticSelectedStyle CssClass="StaticSelectedStyle" />
                    <StaticMenuItemStyle CssClass="StaticMenuItemStyle" ItemSpacing="0px" />
                    <StaticHoverStyle CssClass="StaticHoverStyle" />
                    <DynamicMenuStyle CssClass="DynamicMenuStyle" />
                    <DynamicMenuItemStyle CssClass="DynamicMenuItemStyle" />
                    <DynamicHoverStyle CssClass="DynamicHoverStyle" />
                </asp:Menu>
            </div>
            <div id="divHeaderTwo">
                <asp:Label ID="lblFormTitle" runat="server" Text="FormTitle"></asp:Label>
            </div>
            <div id="divHeaderThree">
                <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanelDDL" runat="server">
                    <ContentTemplate>
                        Records For
                        <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlRecordsFor" runat="server" Width="150px" CssClass="RecordsFor" AutoPostBack="True">
                            <asp:ListItem>1</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem>2</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem>3</asp:ListItem>
                        </asp:DropDownList>
                    </ContentTemplate>
                </asp:UpdatePanel>
            </div>
            <div id="divSideBar">
                <asp:LinkButton ID="LogOff" runat="server">Log Off</asp:LinkButton>
                <a id="SpellCheck" onclick="checkspell()">Spell Check</a><br />
                <a id="YouAre" onclick="YouAre()">You Are</a>
                <asp:HyperLink ID="YouCan" runat="server">You Can</asp:HyperLink>
                <asp:HyperLink ID="WhoCan" runat="server">Who Can</asp:HyperLink>
                <asp:HyperLink ID="HowCan" runat="server">How Can</asp:HyperLink>
                <asp:UpdateProgress ID="UpdateProgressButton" runat="server">
                    <ProgressTemplate>
                        <div class="Progress">
                        </div>
                        <br />
                        <div class="PleaseWait"> Please Wait...</div>
                    </ProgressTemplate>
                </asp:UpdateProgress>
            </div>
            <div id="divMainContent">
                <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="cp1" runat="server">
                    Under Construction
                </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
            </div>
            <div id="divFooter">
                <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanelButton" runat="server">
                    <ContentTemplate>
                        <asp:Button ID="btnDivideByZero" runat="server" Text="Divide by Zero" Width="125px" />
                        <asp:Button ID="btnPageNotFound" runat="server" Text="Page Not Found" Width="133px" />
                        <asp:Button ID="btnDatabaseError" runat="server" Text="Data base Error" Width="125px" />
                    </ContentTemplate>
                </asp:UpdatePanel>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="divHelp"></div>
        <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" ShowStartingNode="False" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/ClientTrack.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Login.aspx.vb" Inherits="Login" Title="Login" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="Server">
    <script src="js/Login.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="cp1">

    <asp:ScriptManagerProxy ID="ScriptManagerProxy1" runat="server">
        <Services>
            <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/WebServices/LoginService.asmx" />
        </Services>
    </asp:ScriptManagerProxy>

    <div id="divLogin" title="Login" style="text-align:center">
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="lblUserName" runat="server" Text="User Name:" Width="112"></asp:Label>
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtUserName" runat="server" Width="150"></asp:TextBox>
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="lblPassWord" runat="server" Text="Pass Word:" Width="112"></asp:Label>
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtPassWord" runat="server" TextMode="Password" Width="150"></asp:TextBox>
        <br /><br />
    </div>
</asp:Content>

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by:leskelly

ID: 335000782010-08-23

Those buttons don't make a difference as I removed them and hitting the enter key still does nothing.

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Expert Comment

by:sam2912

ID: 335002242010-08-23

You might be able to work-around by having a form and hidden submit button

    <div id="divLogin" title="Login" style="text-align:center">
        <form action="" method="post" onsubmit="return false;">
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="lblUserName" runat="server" Text="User Name:" Width="112"></asp:Label>
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtUserName" runat="server" Width="150"></asp:TextBox>
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="lblPassWord" runat="server" Text="Pass Word:" Width="112"></asp:Label>
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtPassWord" runat="server" TextMode="Password" Width="150"></asp:TextBox>
        <input type="submit" id="loginBtn" value="" style="visibility:none;" onclick="Login(ctl00_cp1_txtUserName.value, ctl00_cp1_txtPassWord.value);" />
        <br /><br />
        </form>
    </div>

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by:leskelly

ID: 335018052010-08-23

Thanks for the new suggestion but I'm afraid it didn't work either. After entering the user name and password hitting the enter key still has no affect.

Accepted Solution

by:leskelly

leskelly earned 0 total points

ID: 335260322010-08-25

I found the following solution. Adding this code in my OpenLoginDialog function below where the dialog box is created did the trick.

$('#divLogin').keyup(function(e)
{
if (e.keyCode == 13)
{
$("div.ui-dialog-buttonpane button:first").click();
}
});

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