[thelist] BUG: Broken Value Attribute for BUTTON Element in IE5+

[Graham Leggett]

Graham Leggett wrote:

> If a <BUTTON> tag is used, it operates correctly according to HTML 
> v4.01. If two or more <BUTTON> tags are used, and these are given the 
> same name (for example <BUTTON name="method" value="submit">Submit 
> Order</BUTTON> then <BUTTON name="method" value="cancel">Cancel 
> Order</BUTTON>) then suddenly the following happens:
> 
> - The button submits _both_ buttons when either is pressed, behaving 
> like type="button" instead of type="submit", which is the default in 
> HTML v4.01. Specifically setting type="submit" in button tag makes no 
> difference.

Just checked this further - I was incorrect when I said this only 
happens when the buttons have the same name - it happens regardless of 
whether all buttons have different names.

In other words, the BUTTON tag in IE behaves like a "<BUTTON 
type="button">" tag, instead of "<BUTTON type="submit">" as is 
explicitely specified in my case.

Is there a way to convince IE to _not_ submit all button tags on the 
page when only one button is pressed?

Regards,
Graham
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