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Re: on*= Clauses: When to return

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On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:29:16 -0700 (PDT), David Mark
<dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mar 13, 1:15 am, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@ocis.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:20:18 -0700 (PDT), David Mark
>> <dmark.cins...@gmail.com> wrote:

[snip]

>>      My problem in this area is that I do not know which ones those
>> are, and I have not run across any docs that say.
>
>The DOM specs on the W3C site surely cover this.

     I will have a look.  Half the battle seems to be finding which
docs to read.

>> >and why would you want to prevent a blur? ISTM that you can't any more
>>
>>      I want something to happen as a result of the blur: the
>> validation.
>>
>> >than you can prevent the focus behavior. Those events are fired after
>> >the behavior has occurred.
>>
>>      With some clever code for the error case, I make it as if the
>> blur did not happen.  The focus gets set back to the erroneous
>> control.
>
>You shouldn't do that even if you could.

     I can do it, and I am doing it.  It is required for decent data
entry according to the way that we like it.

     I find silly the idea that DE methods that have worked for years
and years have to be tossed <fanfare> because of the Web.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-05 11:20 -0800
  Re: on*= Clauses: When to return "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-03-05 14:03 -0700
    Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-05 15:11 -0800
      Re: on*= Clauses: When to return "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-06 12:15 +0000
      Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Dr J R Stockton <reply1210@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-06 19:06 +0000
  Re: on*= Clauses: When to return David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-12 17:13 -0700
    Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-12 19:58 -0700
      Re: on*= Clauses: When to return David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-12 20:20 -0700
        Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-12 22:15 -0700
          Re: on*= Clauses: When to return David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-12 22:29 -0700
            Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 08:56 -0700
              Re: on*= Clauses: When to return David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-13 10:42 -0700
                Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 12:53 -0700
                Re: on*= Clauses: When to return David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-13 15:18 -0700
                Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-14 00:17 +0100
                Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 19:48 -0700
                Re: on*= Clauses: When to return David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-13 20:55 -0700
        Re: on*= Clauses: When to return Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-13 23:10 +0100

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