Re: Offers management -- critical bug fixed

[MJ Ray]

Davi Leal <address@hidden> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > > I think we must replace such JavaScript by a button, as the
> > >   [Previous]  [Next]  [Finish]
> > > of the edition forms?
> >
> > Sounds like a good move to me.  Even [Save] [Reset] beside the
> > drop-down would be good (could that be a quick fix?)
>
> We could keep the re-enabled OnChange JavaScript, due to it is handy
> (automatic submit on change),

IIRC, automatic submit on change is poor accessibility, because it
hinders people who cannot change list drop-downs reliably, sending
unnecessary events to the server.  See
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#directly-accessible-scripts
for a related point.

Using Javascript to grey out the [Save] when the selection is
unchanged may be a better use of it.

Comments?
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