answer "bla bla" in LC serverscript

Klaus major-k klaus at major-k.de
Fri Feb 28 14:14:38 EST 2025


Wonderful, thank you, Richard! :-)

> Am 28.02.2025 um 19:59 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Klaus wrote:
>> How can I show a system dialog to the user in that case?
>> I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with html/Javascript and  I need 
>> to inform the user to fill all neccessary field in a webform if 
>> he/she didn't.
> Good news: web tech has grown up a lot over the years.  Much of what used to require JavaScript is now handled more easily in CSS and HTML.
> In recent HTML versions, a form's input element has a lot more attributes than in the olden days:
> https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_input.asp
> The one you're looking for here is the "required" attribute - you can explore how it prevents form submission unless a field is filled in here:
> https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_required.asp
> If a field requires a specific pattern to the input data, you can use Regex to define that in the input element's "pattern" attribute:
> https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_pattern.asp
> If you're looking to brush up on newer HTML and CSS features, Kevin Powell's channel is among my faves, worth watching a least a few of his vids to see how things on the web have been evolving lately:
> https://www.youtube.com/@KevinPowell/videos
> 
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> FourthWorld.com

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