Simple Search "Enter" functionality and IE8

[lastrom]

Hi all,
The default functionality in AbleCommerce (in both my custom installation and in a brand new AbleCommerce trial installation) for the Simple Search control is that it submits the form when the enter key is pressed after typing into the search phrase text box. This functionality doesn't quite work in IE8 (non-compatibility mode), it just posts back to the same page instead of the search page with the query string. Is there a solution to this?

Thanks in advance.

[rpb3]

I always modify the panel around the search controls in Conlib\SimpleSearch.aspx to look like this...

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<asp:Panel ID="SearchPanel" runat="server" DefaultButton="SearchButton">

Seems to do the trick

[AbleMods]

There's also a method in PageHelper that sets the default submit button for a given page. Just call it within Page_Load().

[bgreenwald54]

So, is the change to ConLib\SimpleSearch.ascx something that has been officially rolled into the AbleCommerce product? Our concern is that if we fix this and then apply an AbleCommerce upgrade in the future, we will lose the fix due to overwrite. Please respond and let us know if this was considered a bug and whether it is scheduled for a release.

[AbleMods]

There won't be any more improvement updates to AbleCommerce 7 released now that AbleCommerce 8 is coming down the road.

I would suggest going ahead and modifying it.