Want HTML form submit to do nothing
By using return false; in the JavaScript code that you call from the submit button, you can stop the form from submitting.
Basically, you need the following HTML:
<form onsubmit="myFunction(); return false;"> <input type="submit" value="Submit"></form>Then the supporting JavaScript code:
<script language="javascript"><!-- function myFunction() { // Do stuff }//--></script>If you desire, you can also have certain conditions allow the script to submit the form:
<form onSubmit="return myFunction();"> <input type="submit" value="Submit"></form>Paired with:
<script language="JavaScript"><!-- function myFunction() { // Do stuff if (condition) return true; return false; }//--></script>
It also works:
<form id='my_form' action="javascript:myFunction(); return false;">