dojo.connect no longer working with forms? - dojo

Question

I was using something like this before Dojo 1.8, but now I get a "node not found" error :
<form dojoType="dijit.form.Form">
Search :
<input type="text" dojoType="dijit.form.TextBox" name="searcht" id="searcht">
<script type="dojo/connect" event="onSubmit" args="evt">
my_function();
dojo.stopEvent(evt);
</script>
</form>
I noticed that if I remove the search text box the code is working.
How can I rewrite the above to work with 1.8, and also please be so kind to point me in the right direction to read about this and understand why this is happening.
I should also note that I'm using the same type of code for contentpanes, and the code works fine there.
Thanks,
Noru

Answer 1

In dojo 1.8 dojo.connect is dojo/on. First you have to load the modules you are going to use and parse the file to transform dijit elements.
<script>
require([
"dojo/parser",
"dijit/form/Form",
"dijit/form/TextBox",
"dijit/form/Button"
], function(parser) {
parser.parse();
});
</script>
Second, declare the dijit properties and funcionality inside html tags:
<div data-dojo-type="dijit/form/Form" id="search_form">
<script type="dojo/on" data-dojo-event="submit" data-dojo-args="evt">
evt.stopPropagation();
alert( "my_function()" );
</script>
<label for="my_textbox">Search:</label>
<input type="text" data-dojo-type="dijit/form/TextBox" id="my_textbox"/>
<button data-dojo-type="dijit/form/Button" id="my_button" type="submit">
Submit
</button>
</div>
I used a declaratively example inserting dijit options inside the html code. There is other way using only javascript. Take a look in the official documentation: http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.8/dijit/index.html