Question

I have a button in my JSP,

<input type="button" id="processItem" name="_eventId_submitButton" value="Submit" onclick="submitClick();buttonClick();"></input>

my javascript,

var clicks = 0;
 function submitClick(){
            var aButton = document.getElementById('submithidden');
            aButton.click();    
            return true;
        }        
     function buttonClick(){
         document.getElementById('clicked').value = ++clicks;
         }  

this is where I am showing the counts of submit

    <tr><td><p>Total No of Scans<input type="text" id="clicked" size="3" 
onfocus="this.blur();" value="0" >.</p></td></tr>

everytime I click on submit, counter shows 1 and immediately the page refreshes and again it becomes 0. I want to keep it incremented untill the user leaves the page!

Answer 1

Try this

var clicks = 0;
 function submitClick(){
            var aButton = document.getElementById('submithidden');
            aButton.click();    
            return false;
        }        
     function buttonClick(){
         document.getElementById('clicked').value = ++clicks;
         }

False instead of true 😉
the button “posts” the site, if you set false, i will not fire