Scroll down after onclick event

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October 4th, 2006, 01:05 PM

cranium

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Scroll down after onclick event

Hi all,

I have a page that has some information in paragraph form. At the end of each type of information and paragraph there is a link that a user can click. In the past it took the user to a form lower in the page for them to fill out. I would now like it to also check a checkbox in the form based onclick.

I have that working, but I can no longer get it to scroll down on the page. So it is either one or the other, but not both. Is there a way I can have my cake and eat it too?

Here is some code tidbits so you can see what I am doing:

Code:

// a link
<a href="#scrollDown" onclick="return checkTheBox('hot');" class="float_link">Subscribe Now…</a>

// javascript
function checkTheBox(vl) {
	var el = document.subscribeForm.lid;
	switch(vl) {
		case 'hot':
			el[0].checked = true;
			break;
		case 'spotlight':
			el[1].checked = true;
			break;
		case 'bell':
			el[2].checked = true;
			break;
		case 'today':
			el[3].checked = true;
			break;
		case 'fx':
			el[4].checked = true;
			break;
	}
	return false;  // have tried true here also
}

// the form (part of it)
<form action=" " name="subscribeForm" method="post" onSubmit="return checkForm();">
			<p>I Wish to Receive (please check all desired boxes):</p>
			<label for="lid1">Hot Futures Market:</label><input class="tipInput" type="checkbox" name="lid" id="lid1" value="582505" />
			<label for="lid2">Daily Futures Spotlight:</label><input class="tipInput" type="checkbox" name="lid" id="lid2" value="529884" />
			<br class="left" />
			<label for="lid3">Futures Closing Bell:</label><input class="tipInput" type="checkbox" name="lid" id="lid3" value="529886" />
		</fieldset>
	</form>
	<a name="scrollDown"></a>

Thank you for your time and help,
cranium

October 4th, 2006, 01:29 PM

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Try removing both return statements.

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October 4th, 2006, 01:39 PM