I have a form that contains sets of checkboxes. Each set has links
above it marked "Check all" and "Uncheck all". The links call
JavaScript functions.

Here's the problem. When you click "Check all" and it's near the
bottom of the page, the page is RELOADED and the user winds up looking
at the top of the page. Sure, all the boxes are properly checked, but
now the user has to scroll back down to where they were before.

It's easy enough to use the window.scrollTo() function, but because of
setting the checkboxes the document is reloaded, so the scrollTo()
function is useless. It scrolls down, but when the document is
reloaded, it instantly pops back up to the top.

Any solutions?

Thanks,

Ethan

Ethan wrote on 02 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:
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> I have a form that contains sets of checkboxes. Each set has links
> above it marked "Check all" and "Uncheck all". The links call
> JavaScript functions.
>
> Here's the problem. When you click "Check all" and it's near the
> bottom of the page, the page is RELOADED and the user winds up looking
> at the top of the page. Sure, all the boxes are properly checked, but
> now the user has to scroll back down to where they were before.
>[/color]

Why should the page reload, [exept if you submit a form] ?

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"Ethan" <elektrophyte@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>Here's the problem. When you click "Check all" and it's near
>the bottom of the page, the page is RELOADED and the user
>winds up looking at the top of the page. Sure, all the boxes
>are properly checked, but now the user has to scroll back down
>to where they were before.[/color]
<snip>

Return false from the onclick code to cancel the navigation specified in
the HREF.

Richard.

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> "Ethan" <elektrophyte@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:55447041.0307021119.53fe8e1d@posting.google.c om...
> <snip>[color=green]
> >Here's the problem. When you click "Check all" and it's near
> >the bottom of the page, the page is RELOADED and the user
> >winds up looking at the top of the page. Sure, all the boxes
> >are properly checked, but now the user has to scroll back down
> >to where they were before.[/color]
> <snip>
>
> Return false from the onclick code to cancel the navigation specified in
> the HREF.
>
> Richard.[/color]

That solved the problem thanks.

I made a mistake before -- the page is not reloaded. It just scrolled to the top.

For the record, here's the way to set it up so that it works right...

<a href="#" onclick="uncheckAll(0, 68, 75); return false;">

Ethan