JavaScript Form Submit - Confirm or Cancel Submission Dialog Box

Question

For a simple form with an alert that asks if fields were filled out correctly, I need a function that does this:

• Shows an alert box when button is clicked w

Answer 1

The issue pointed in the comment is valid, so here is a different revision that's immune to that:

function show_alert() {
  if(!confirm("Do you really want to do this?")) {
    return false;
  }
  this.form.submit();
}