How dangerous is e.preventDefault();, and can it be replaced by keydown/mousedown tracking?

Question

I\'m working on a tracking script for a fairly sophisticated CRM for tracking form actions in Google Analytics. I\'m trying to balance the desire to track form actions accuratel

Answer 1

Is there a reason why you can't just issue the call to Google Analytics from the server side based on the POST that it receives?

I don't know what your system is built in, but for instance, this PHP project would issue a call to GA, thus removing the problem of the DOM unloading, the need to break the form, and so on.

http://code.google.com/p/serversidegoogleanalytics/

I realise that you might need to capture a cookie - you might write the value into a hidden field in the form before it is submitted?