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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I am trying to figure out why NN6 onchange and onkeypress event handlers don't cancel the default actions when I return false. The simplified example below shows the situation: if you type any non-digit chars in the field, you should get an error message when you blur and not be able to leave the field on the first attempt. I have tried using event.preventDefault() as well to no effect. Does anyone out there know if this is a bug in the browser? I would prefer [this time] that I were wrong so I could move on. <html> <body> <form> <input type="text" onchange="return false;" /> <input type="submit" /> </form> <script language="javascript1.2"> document.forms[0].elements[0].onchange=function(){ if(/\D/.test(this.value)){ alert("Enter only digits"); return false; } } </script> </body> </html> Loading...
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