[thelist] input type="image" vs. input type="button"

[Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)]

		   I kind of figured you were in "out the door" mode, which was why I threw in my very best slapdash solution (not to mention I was in a hurry myself).  
   However, after getting my wrist slapped (head stomped, crotch kicked, etc) I figured I should apologize and suggest something a bit more universal.

   If you stay with your input type=image, you can submit the form and then pick up the form values and redirect to an appropriate page.  I haven't done any PHP in years (and then it was just a day's work retrieving a table from Access), but with a bit of googling, I came up with this:

1)  Retrieve the value of the select element (assuming "pagename" was the name of the dropdown list):

$pagename = $_POST["pagename"];

2)  Redirect based on that value.  I didn't find a whole lot on this subject, which makes me wonder what PHP has to offer.  The choices seem to be as follows:

 a) Use a php header.  I'm not sure how dynamic this is, and it seems to be more geared toward permanently moved pages.

 b) Write out a META tag using echo.

 c) Use a custom redirect function, like the one at http://www.edoceo.com/creo/php-redirect.php .  This seems like a crazy amount of code to do an HTTP redirect, so maybe there's something I'm missing.

Hopefully that helps a little bit...

Peter

				From: jono at charlestonwebsolutions.com

>No, just simply and utterly no. You just cannot rely on JavaScript
>being available and an image without a link around it wouldn't even be
>keyboard accessible.
>
>It is really not that hard to make JavaScript enhanced forms, but it
>is really impossible to get any sense of accessibility into framework
>or IDE providers when we keep offering quick shot solutions like this
>one.

If anyone has a better solutions - PHP based would be great - that is
accessible, and better constructed than what I am working with; I would
love to check it out.

My original post example was an in-a-pinch-gotta-get-it-done approach. I
am all for ditching my first attempt for something more accessible. It
is going to become a significant part of a website soon, so it will be
very beneficial to make it top notch before hand.

I want to be able to use a custome image for the button, and a
select/drop-down box; other than that I'm all ears.

Thanks!

-- 
Jono Young
Designer | Developer | Illustrator
Charleston Web Solutions
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