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How to stop reload of page after submit

I have a page with a form that is being used to ask a question. When the submit button is clicked, it does the follow, determines if the user checked the right box, displays the answer and explanation, and disables the checkboxes and submit button to prevent re-answering the question.
My issue is that when the user clicks the submit button the answers, and the disabling appear for only a split second before the page reloads. How do I stop this, I want the user to see if they are correct and not be able to change their answers. When I run it in Dreamweaver where I am building the pages, it runs fine in live view.
Code is below:
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css"
rel="stylesheet" />
<!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link href="../styles/casestyles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
</script>
<!-- show all on submit and show checked answer -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/submit_answers.js"> </script>
<!-- Add jQuery library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="fancybox/lib/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<!-- Add mousewheel plugin (this is optional) -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="fancybox/lib/jquery.mousewheel-3.0.6.pack.js"></script>
<!-- Add fancyBox main JS and CSS files -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.js?v=2.1.5"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.css?v=2.1.5" media="screen" />
<!-- Add Button helper (this is optional) -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fancybox/source/helpers/jquery.fancybox-buttons.css?v=1.0.5" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="fancybox/source/helpers/jquery.fancybox-buttons.js?v=1.0.5"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/fancybox.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* Limit number of checked checkboxes script- by JavaScript Kit (www.javascriptkit.com)
* This notice must stay intact for usage
* Visit JavaScript Kit at http://www.javascriptkit.com/ for this script and 100s more
***********************************************/
function checkboxlimit(checkgroup, limit){
var checkgroup=checkgroup
var limit=limit
for (var i=0; i<checkgroup.length; i++){
checkgroup[i].onclick=function(){
var checkedcount=0
for (var i=0; i<checkgroup.length; i++)
checkedcount+=(checkgroup[i].checked)? 1 : 0
if (checkedcount>limit){
alert("You can only select a maximum of "+limit+" diagnosis")
this.checked=false
}
}
}
}
</script>
<!-- disable checkboxes -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function disablefields(){
{
document.getElementById('check1').disabled='disabled';
document.getElementById('check2').disabled='disabled';
document.getElementById('check3').disabled='disabled';
document.getElementById('check4').disabled='disabled';
document.getElementById('ex3').disabled='disabled';
document.getElementById('ex3').value='Answers Submitted'; }
}
</script>
</head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myfunction(){
//call disable checkbox
disabled(document);
//call disable submit
checkForm(form) ;
}
</script>
.explanation {
display: none;
}
.correct {
display:none;
}
.incorrect {
display:none;
}.explanation {
display: none;
}
.correct {
display:none;
}
.incorrect {
display:none;
}
<div class="row-offcanvas row-offcanvas-left">
<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar-offcanvas">
<div class="col-md-12">
<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
<li>History of Present Illness </li>
<li>Review of Systems </li>
<li>Past Medical History </li>
<li>Physical Examination </li>
<li>Essential Differential Diagnosis</li>
<li>Relevant Testing</li>
<li>Diagnosis</li>
<li>Treatment</li>
<li>Questions</li>
<li>About the Case</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<form name="limit" onreset="disablefields();" onSubmit="disablefields();" >
<div id="main" class="container-fluid">
<div class="col-md-12">
<p class="visible-xs">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs" data-toggle="offcanvas"> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left"></i> </button>
</p>
<!-- Footer Code -->
<div id="footer" style="overflow-y:hidden; overflow-x:hidden;">
<div class="container" style="overflow-y:hidden; overflow-x:hidden;">
<p class="muted credit"><img src="img/prev.png" width="24" height="21" / > <a href="relevant_testing.html" > Relevant Testing </a> | <a href="treatment.html" > Treatment </a><img src="img/next.png" width="24" height="21" />
</div>
</div>
<!-- Change the Heading -->
<h3>Diagnosis</h3>
<h5>At this time, the most likely diagnosis is</h5>
<p>Please choose only one.</p>
<!-- First Column-->
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="bootstrap-demo">
<!-- content goes here -->
<p style="margin-bottom:0px">
<input id="check1" name="field" type="checkbox" value="incorrect" />
Acute bronchitis</p>
<div class="correct" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#008000">Correct</font></div>
<div class="incorrect" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#FF0000">Incorrect</font></div>
<div class="explanation" style="margin-left:20px;">Although the patient has a productive cough, he also has an infiltrate on chest x-ray.</div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px">
<input id="check2" name="field" type="checkbox" value="correct" />
Community-acquired pneumonia</p>
<div class="correct" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#008000">Correct</font></div>
<div class="incorrect" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#FF0000">Incorrect</font></div>
<div class="explanation" style="margin-left:20px;">The chest x-ray shows a definite infiltrate.</div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px">
<input id="check3" name="field" type="checkbox" value="incorrect" />
Health-care associated pneumonia</p>
<div class="correct" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#008000">Correct</font></div>
<div class="incorrect" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#FF0000">Incorrect</font></div>
<div class="explanation" style="margin-left:20px;">The patient was not a resident in a nursing home or other long-term care facility.</div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px">
<input id="check4" name="field" type="checkbox" value="incorrect" />
Lung cancer</p>
<div class="correct" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#008000">Correct</font></div>
<div class="incorrect" style="margin-left:20px;"><font color="#FF0000">Incorrect</font></div>
<div class="explanation" style="margin-left:20px;">Although an obstructing cancer may cause an infiltrate, it is not the most likely cause of this patient’s acute symptoms.</div>
<p> <br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" id="ex3" onclick="show_all();" >
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Second Column -->
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="bootstrap-demo">
<!-- content goes here -->
<p>Click <a class="fancybox fancybox.iframe" href="relevant_testing_all.html">here</a> to see the tests and explanations for this diagnosis</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3"> <img src="../img/patient-001.png" width="231" height="184" alt="Patient 001" /></div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- Bootstrap script -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../lightbox/js/lightbox.min.js"></script>
<link href="../lightbox/css/lightbox.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('[data-toggle=offcanvas]').click(function() {
$('.row-offcanvas').toggleClass('active');
});
});
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var one="";
var two="";
function check(browser)
{
//document.getElementById("answer").value = browser
one = browser
updateIt()
}
function check1(browser)
{
//document.getElementById("answer").value += " " + browser
two = browser
updateIt()
}
function updateIt()
{
document.getElementById("answer").value = one +" "+ two
}
</script>
<!--Script to call limit checkbox code-->
<script type="text/javascript">
//Syntax: checkboxlimit(checkbox_reference, limit)
checkboxlimit(document.forms.limit.field, 1)
</script>

As of right now your code is not "determining if the user checked the right box, displaying the answer and explanation" as you explained but that is OK and easy to implement after. Here is the answer to your question.
You should replace your id="ex3" button with the anchor tag code provided below (anchor tag is for simplicity but you can use another element to call the function with a click event). Either way, you do not need to submit a form as you are not posting information according to your requested behavior.
<a id="ex3" href="javascript:disablefields()">submit</a>
Update your function with this:
function disablefields() {
{
document.getElementById('check1').disabled = 'disabled';
document.getElementById('check2').disabled = 'disabled';
document.getElementById('check3').disabled = 'disabled';
document.getElementById('check4').disabled = 'disabled';
document.getElementById('ex3').disabled = 'disabled';
document.getElementById('ex3').innerHTML = 'Answers Submitted';
}
}
You will then get the exact behavior requested in your question minus the validation process that you described. It is easy to add that to this solution with a conditional statement or calling a validation function and then if valid calling the disablefields function.
function formVal() {
{
//put all of your validation requirements here and see if
var isValid = [check form function here]
if(isValid){
disablefields();
}else {
//send a message to user to correct fields and do not disable
}
<a id="ex3" href="javascript:formVal()">submit</a>
If you do choose to submit the information to the server at some later date simply make an AJAX call sending the form information after your disablefields call.

Fixed it by calling both function from the onClick and changing the type to button.
<input type="button" value="Submit" id="ex3" onclick="show_all(); disablefields();" >

uncaught type error: undefined is not a function

Im making a simple form with Telerik Appbuilder HTML5 + javascript that takes a users input and logs it to the console when they click the submit button.
ClientClass.js:
function Client() {
this.username = "username",
this.password = "Password",
this.printUsername = function() {
this.username=$("#Username").val()
console.log(this.username);
};
};
Home.html:
<div data-role="view" data-title="Login" data-layout="main" data-model="APP.models.login">
<script src="../scripts/ClientClass.js"></script>
<h1 data-bind="html: title"></h1>
<script src="../scripts/ClientClass.js"></script>
<script>
function printUsername() {
var client = new client();
client.printUsername();
}
</script>
<ul data-role="listview" data-style="inset">
<li>
<label>Username
<input type="text" value="" id="Username" />
</label>
</li>
<li>
<label>Password
<input type="password" value="" />
</label>
</li>
<li>
<label>
<button onclick="printUsername()" type="button">Submit</button>
</label>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<link href="kendo/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="styles/main.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="cordova.js"></script>
<script src="kendo/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="kendo/js/kendo.mobile.min.js"></script>
<script src="scripts/app.js"></script>
<script src="scripts/ClientClass.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script src="scripts/ClientClass.js"></script>
<script src="scripts/ClientClass.js"></script>
<div data-role="layout" data-id="main">
<div data-role="header">
<div data-role="navbar">
<span data-role="view-title"></span>
</div>
</div>
<!-- application views will be rendered here -->
<label>
<input type="password" value="password" />
</label>
<div data-role="footer">
<div data-role="tabstrip">
Home
Settings
Contacts
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
It says in the console:
uncaught type error: undefined is not a function.
Then it says it is at index.html#views/home.html:1 and when I click that and it takes me to sources panel of the debugger. And it says the source is index.html and it says:
(function() {with (this[2]) {with (this[1]) {with (this[0]) {return function(event) {printUsername() }; }}}})
Does anyone see any issues with my html or javascript? Or the way I import the script? Thanks

you are declaring your client as an object, not as a "class". So using new on your object doesn't make quite sense.
So it's up to you or you keep your object and simply remove:
var client = new client();
or you use a class
function Client(){}

Countdown script not starting countdown

Can someone please tell me why the countdown function is not working properly (the countdown is not starting in the div with the I.D. "countdown"). Probably something real simple, but Javascript isn't my forte. This is the countdown plugin I am using: http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<link href="./css/web-style-second.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="chrome://mozbar/skin/css/injected.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.countdown.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<a name="top"></a>
<div id="container">
<div id="content">
<div class="center">
<center>
<div></div>
</center>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$('#countdown').countdown({
until: '14min+20sec',
format: 'MS',
layout: '{mnn}min ' + '{snn}sec ',
onExpiry: function() {
$(".hidden").css("display", "block");
}
});
});
</script>
<div class="time_box">
<h3 class="italic">When The Clock Hits Zero ... </h3>
<h4 class="hasCountdown" id="countdown">14min 20sec </h4>
</div>
<form name="signupFrm" id="signupFrm" action="#" method="post" class="hidden">
<div>
<div class="yellow_red">
<h1></h1>
</div>
<div class="center">
<a href="https://www.testing.com" class="btn_buy_now">
Get Started</a>
</div>
<input name="submit" value="submit" type="hidden">
<p class="mb_5"> </p>
</div>
</form>
<div class="fnote justify">
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

You should put the $(function () ...) script into the <head> tag of your HTML page. This way, the countdown will be initiated once the DOM has fully loaded.

I think that the problem is that you are missing the reference to the "jQuery Countdown CSS". In the usage instructions of the plugin it says:
Download and include the jQuery Countdown CSS and JavaScript in the
head section of your page. #import
"jquery.countdown.css";
But you can still make it work without the "jQuery Countdown CSS" if you remove the class attribute from the <h4> element with the id "countdown", like this:
<div class="time_box">
<h3 class="italic">When The Clock Hits Zero ... </h3>
<h4 id="countdown">14min 20sec </h4>
</div>
​JSFiddle Example

The countdown plugin uses the class hasCountdown to test whether the countdown has already been instantiated, so you should use a different class name.
From jquery.countdown.js:
/* Class name added to elements to indicate already configured with countdown.*/
markerClassName: 'hasCountdown'

Dojo Dijit TimeTextBox Not Working When Pulled Into Page With AJAX

I have one main page with menu buttons. When clicked, they change the main "content" area with AJAX. In the header of this page I have all of the appropriate Dojo references.
I know the AJAX works because i have successfully pulled in and displayed data in the content area, and I know the Dojo Dijit TimeTextBox works because I have successfully displayed it before I make any calls with AJAX.
When I try to make a call with AJAX and pull in new input fields for the TimeTextBox widget, they display only as regular text boxes, and seem to ignore the fact that I have them set to be the TimeTextBox.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this issue?
EDIT:
Here is the code:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Admin Page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/adminPage.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/adminStyle.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.6.1/dojo/resources/dojo.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.6.1/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css">
<script
type="text/javascript"
src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.7.2/dojo/dojo.js"
djConfig="parseOnLoad:true"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
dojo.require("dojo.parser");
dojo.require("dijit.form.Button");
dojo.require("dijit.form.TimeTextBox");
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
require(["dojo/ready", "dijit/form/TimeTextBox"],
function(ready, TimeTextBox){
ready(function(){
new TimeTextBox({name: "timeInput", value: new Date(),
constraints: {
timePattern: 'HH:mm:ss',
clickableIncrement: 'T00:15:00',
visibleIncrement: 'T00:15:00',
visibleRange: 'T01:00:00'
}
}, "timeInput");
});
});
function getPage(page)
{
$.ajax({
url: "admin"+page+".php",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
success: function (html) {
$('#content').html(html);
$('#content').fadeIn('slow');
}
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body class="claro">
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
<span class="headerTitle">Lehman Nursery</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<input type='text' name='date1' id='time1' value='T15:00:00'
data-dojo-type='dijit.form.TimeTextBox'
required='true' />
</div>
<div id="menu">
<a onclick="getPage('Home')">
<div id="homeButton" class="menuAppearance">
<img src="images/icons/home.png"/><br />
</div>
</a>
<a onclick="getPage('Links')">
<div class="button menuAppearance">
<div class="menuTitle"><img src="images/icons/links.png"/><br />Links</div>
<div class="description">
</div>
</div>
</a>
<a onclick="getPage('Hours')">
<div class="button menuAppearance">
<div class="menuTitle"><img src="images/icons/pictures.png"/><br />Pictures</div>
<div class="description">
</div>
</div>
</a>
<a onclick=getPage('Events')>
<div class="button menuAppearance">
<div class="menuTitle"><img src="images/icons/events.png"/><br />Events</div>
<div class="description">
</div>
</div>
</a>
<a onclick=getPage('Feedback')>
<div class="button menuAppearance">
<div class="menuTitle"><img src="images/icons/feedback.png"/><br />Feedback</div>
<div class="description">
</div>
</div>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</body>
<form>
<input type="text" name="date1" id="time1" value="T15:00:00"
data-dojo-type="dijit/form/TimeTextBox"
onChange="require(['dojo/dom'], function(dom){dom.byId('val').value=dom.byId('time1').value.toString().replace(/.*1970\s(\S+).*/,'T$1')})"
required="true" /></form>
^^That is the data being pulled in

Are the css files for those dijits pulled up? You might want to require them at the beginning (when the page loads) which get cached and will be used when the dijits are pulled via AJAX.
EDIT: Not sure but can suggest you try to add startup() call for the widget you created.

it apears to me like you are forgoetting to call:
dojo.parser.parse();
after setting the content i your ajax call. it should look like this:
function getPage(page)
{
$.ajax({
url: "admin"+page+".php",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
success: function (html) {
$('#content').html(html);
dojo.parser.parse();
$('#content').fadeIn('slow');
}
});
}
the dojo parser will not execute by itself, it is too resourses expensive to do that, so each time the content changes so you add a dijit you moust call dojo.parser.parse();

Faking an AJAX-y login box

I've been asked to prototype a login box for a project, with the goal of emulating how an AJAX-y login box would.
Idea is:
User types in username/password (any; again, this isn't hooked up to any DBs or anything yet) and hits enter
Throbber shows up for 3 seconds.
User info appears.
I've tried doing this with jQuery as per the below; anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong? Many thanks!
<html>
<head>
<link href="c/main.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!--[if lte ie7]>
#header #logo {margin-right: 100px;}
<!-[endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery('#login-form').submit(function(){
jQuery('#login-form > *').hide();
jQuery('#throbber').show().delay(300).hide();
jQuery('#logged-in').show();
return false;
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="utilities">VolunteerAbout Us<input type="text" /></div>
<div id="header">
<img src="i/logo.png" id="logo" />
<div id="pnav-wrapper">
<ul id="pnav">
<li>Upgrade Your<br /><span>Skills</span></li>
<li>Browse<br /><span>Events</span></li>
<li>Browse<br /><span>Jobs</span></li>
</ul>
<div id="login">
<form action="#" method="get" id="login-form">
Username: <input id="username" type="text" /><br />
Password: <input id="password" type="password" />
<input type="submit" style="visibility: hidden;">
</form>
<img src="i/throbber.gif" style="display: none;" id="throbber">
<p id="logged-in" style="display: none;"><strong>The Admin</strong><br />
Administrator
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

The delay() only affects the queue for #throbber (and 300 is 0.3 second).
Instead, use the callback of .hide() to show #logged-in after #throbber has been hidden:
jQuery('#login-form').submit(function() {
jQuery('#login-form > *').hide();
jQuery('#throbber').show().delay(3000).hide(function() {
jQuery('#logged-in').show();
});
return false;
});
(demo)

You need to change delay to 3000, make the whole login-form hide rather than just the child elements, and this part is key... put the logged in showing code inside a callback function to be executed after the throbber is hidden... like this:
jQuery('#login-form').submit(function(){
jQuery('#login-form').hide();
jQuery('#throbber').show().delay(3000).hide(function(){
jQuery('#logged-in').show();
});
return false;
});

Try this: http://jsfiddle.net/dbhCe/
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery('#login-form').submit(function(){
jQuery('#login-form').hide();
jQuery('#throbber').show();
window.setTimeout( function() {
jQuery("#throbber").hide();
jQuery('#logged-in').show();
}, 3000);
return false;
});
});

Here is a demo
http://jsfiddle.net/6UwDn/2/