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Form Effects
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Email Riddler is an online tool that encrypts and transform your email address into a series of numbers when displaying it, making it virtually impossible for spam harvesters to crawl and add your email to their list.
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This script uses regular expressions to check that a form field contains a valid email address.
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"Show Hint" script displays an attractive hint box containing additional explanation on any item on your page. A hint box pops up next to the item when the mouse moves over it with relevant hints or useful information, such as alongside certain form fields instructing the user how to fill each one out.
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One of the most popular form validation tasks is to check that important fields within a form have been filled out by the user. This is a generic script that will do just that, by verifying that mandatory fields are filled in before form submission. -
This is a simple but effective script for extending your textarea with a maxlength attribute, so the user's input cannot exceed a certain number of characters. Works with any number of textareas on the page.
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Want to limit the amount of text a user can enter in particular INPUT type="text" or TEXTAREA elements? Well, this script enables not only that, but displays in real time the number of characters remaining. A callback function enables you to define your own actions when the field limit has been reached, such as apply a red border around the field in question.
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Similar in function to Form Field Limiter above, this script allows you to restrict the number of characters inside a form element (ie: textarea) while displaying a progress bar06/15/2013 on the remaining characters beneath it.
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Chained Selects allows you to "chain" any number of selection lists together in an interdependent manner, creating a multi-level form menu! The script supports unlimited number of "levels", and for each page, unlimited number of separate chained Selects.
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Form Dependency Manager 06/15/2012 FF1+ IE5+ Opr7+ User Submitted
This is a form dependency script for shuttling the display of fields within a complex form, where the visibility of a form field should depend on the value and/or state of another. -
Is the user pressing the "Enter" key in the middle of your form causing inadvertent and incomplete form submissions? This script disable the "Enter" key when pressed inside chosen fields of your choice. Moreover, it then advances the cursor to the next field within the form. Very useful.
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This script makes it easy for users to select and copy to clipboard the contents of a form element, such as an INPUT type or textarea element, with a click of the mouse.
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This is a lightweight opt-in box that expands into view to cover the whole screen when activated. It contains a mockup form that animates into view to grab user attention and effectively capture a user's email address.
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Blossom is an attention grabbing feature box that conditionally pops up at the center of the user's screen once per browser session or user defined duration. It can be used as the classic opt-in box or simply to display certain content prominently.
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This useful form script automatically saves the contents of a form periodically as the user types and recalls them in the event of an accidental page refresh or even browser closing. Similar to how GMail automatically saves the contents of your draft email, it's an excellent feature to add to forms that expect a lot of content and where losing them can cause a lot of grief for the user filling the form out.
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This script remembers the value entered into any form textbox (<input type='text") by the visitor, and upon his/her return, preloads the textbox with that value.
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You've probably seen this feature inside the comment forms of blogs, where a checkbox lets you specify whether to remember the values of certain text fields and recall them later. Well, this script adds such a feature to any form!
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This powerful jQuery script turns a FORM into a multi-step FORM wizard! Simply group logical elements within your FORM by surrounding them with the FIELDSET element, and the script does the rest in creating a new page for each group, plus the appropriate "Steps" text and pagination links above and below the form.
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Use this practical script to prevent users from abusing the submit button of your forms!
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Does your form contain an "Accept terms" section users must agree to before submitting the form? If so, this script helps enforce it, by disabling the submit button until he/she checks a box indicating compliance.
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Use this DHTML script to make certain form elements flash with glee. It's a great way to draw attention to "important" fields, such as the submit button, etc.
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Similar to the above script, Xin's Popup Calendar makes inputting dates into forms as easy as point-and-click. Your user simply selects the date from a popup-window calendar, and it's automatically entered into the designated form field.
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openWYSIWYG is highly robust and attractive WYSIWYG editor that replaces the plain <textarea>s in your forms. Cross browser friendly and open source, so you can freely include it in your commercial apps.
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Replace a form's textarea field(s) with a custom one that supports WYSIWYG formatting with this Rich Text Editor script. It allows the user to easily format the entered content, such as make it bold, change its size, colors etc.
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Increase the "intuitiveness" of filling out forms on your site with this script. It applies coloring to the form element in focus, better indicating which one the user is currently on.
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Does your form contain INPUT box(es) that require a date value from the visitor? Sev's Popup Calendar script allows for a visual, interactive way of selecting and inputting this date. Click on a link, and a DHTML calendar drops down, allowing the user to click the desired date to enter into form element.