[thelist] Submitting a form with javascript

Tab Alleman Tab.Alleman at MetroGuide.com
Mon Nov 3 11:31:30 CST 2003


Sometimes you have to use a link because you need to dynamically
generate it.

aardvark wrote:
>> From: Hershel Robinson <hershelr at netvision.net.il>
>> 
>> Just to play devil's advocate, what about a case where one is
>> developing for an intranet or other NON-cross-browser site where all
>> the users are already required to have JS enabled to use the site. In
>> such a situation, why not use a link to submit the form if the link
>> looks better on the page? In particular, if the client likes a link
>> and not a button, why not?
> 
> if your sole concern is the look of the button, why use JS to tackle
> it when it could be done more quickly and with less hassle (and
> code) with CSS?  your scenario presents a specific
> browser/platform combo, so this could easily satisfy it if that
> combo is CSS-friendly...
> 
> i have done this in the past -- styled a button to look like a
> hyperlink -- at the client's request in a closed intranet... i found
> it was faster, easier, and offered more flexibility to use CSS...
> 
> 
> --
> my latest book project:
>   Web Graphics for Non-Designers
>   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590591712/evoltorg02-20
>   ISBN: 1590591712



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