Thanks Shawn, I'll give what you suggest a try.
~Steve Shawn wrote: > > my bad - the plugin I mentioned is called the "Form Plugin" > http://plugins.jquery.com/project/form > > Shawn > > Shawn wrote: >> >> Ajax. >> >> There is a handy plugin out there - ajaxForms (I think...) that will >> allow your existing form to be submitted via ajax, and a callback >> function executed with the resulting page output. I haven't used it, >> so probably have the name, and details wrong. (I just write my own >> Ajax routines for this sort of thing.) But, I know this plugin would >> do the trick for you. >> >> Failing that, look into the $.ajax() method - you can easily use it >> to submit a form without reloading your page. >> >> how to use the Ajax powerhouse $.ajax(): >> http://jquery.open2space.com/node/27 >> >> How to work with Ajax (overview): >> http://jquery.open2space.com/node/56 >> (though there are probably better Ajax tutorials out there than this >> one) >> >> (disclaimer/shameless plug alert! - I wrote both those links) >> >> ALTERNATIVELY, if you don't want to use Ajax, you can make creative >> use of a iframe (or is that what you meant by "jframes"?). Give your >> form a "target" attribute - just like you would with an anchor tag - >> but use the NAME (not ID) attribute of the iframe as your target. >> >> i.e. >> >> <form name="myForm" action="mypage.php" method="post" target="myFrame"> >> ...</form> >> >> <iframe name="myFrame" id="myFrame"> >> >> (I like to use the same text for both the name and ID attribute - I >> often need to refer to the IFrame as a target (which needs the NAME), >> and/or I might need to access the frame from code (which needs the ID). >> >> Once you get that going, then you can include some JS in the frame's >> document (your action page) to update the parent page ( >> window.parent.getElementById("xxx").style.display="none";... or >> whatever you need) >> >> HTH >> >> Shawn >> >> Steve Good wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am looking for a solution to submit a form and instead of >>> refreshing the whole page just refresh the contents of a div tag. >>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? I tried jframes, but I >>> can't figure out how to get the form to not open a new window. >>> >>> Thanks in advance! Let me know if more information is needed.
