Duplicate form submissions

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April 4, 2019 at 2:28 AM #14052

Resolved Ryan Lauritsen
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We have a frontend submission form that is getting duplicate (and in some cases multiple duplicates) submissions because users are clicking submit multiple times while the form is processing/submitting. Any ideas on how we can prevent this?

Maybe a way to disable the submit button after the first click (while still allowing for correcting any failed validation)?
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April 4, 2019 at 6:00 PM #14060

Anh Tran
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Hi Ryan,

This might be a generic problem for all forms. I think your suggestion is good. It can be done with some custom JS.

April 5, 2019 at 5:03 AM #14071

Ryan Lauritsen
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Thanks, Anh. How can I utilize the submitHandler for jQuery Validate with metabox?
https://jqueryvalidation.org/validate/#submithandler

April 5, 2019 at 9:25 PM #14077

Ryan Lauritsen
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Nevermind. I've figured out a solution.

April 6, 2019 at 5:45 AM #14079

Ryan Lauritsen
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I'm still struggling with this. Anything I do with the validate() method in my own javascript file (enqueued via rwmb_enqueue_scripts hook) is causing the metabox validation function to not work. No jquery form validation occurs. Any suggestions?

April 8, 2019 at 2:56 PM #14092

Anh Tran
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Hi Ryan, I think the validate method works only once, e.g. if you implement a validation on the form, then Meta Box's validation won't work.

A simple workaround is copying the code from validate.js to your file.

Probably I'll make this feature in the next version. Letting you or other developers doing this seems a little bit confusing.

April 10, 2019 at 3:27 AM #14107

Ryan Lauritsen
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Thanks, Anh. I still can't get this to work. When I replace metabox's valide.js with my own javascript file, validation doesn't work at all. The form can be submitted without any validation.

Can you send a fix to me before you push it out with the new version of metabox so that I can get it implemented right away? We really need a fix ASAP.

Thank you.

April 12, 2019 at 2:43 PM #14138

Anh Tran
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Hi Ryan, I've just fixed this bug and sent you a copy via email. Please try it and let me know the result.
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