Hello, Using buttons is mandatory for the cases where JavaScript is disabled. That's because by default a form can be submitted only through an input of type 'submit'. Links are usually used for redirecting to another page, not for submitting the form. I think that for form actions we should use inputs, not links. Raluca. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Ecaterina Valica <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Subject: [Form Buttons: Input vs. Link]
In XWiki we have buttons that are created using input-submit || input-button || <a and the CSS is trying to have the same style for inputs and links, even thought is quite difficult (native browser rules differ from case to case and there are inconsistencies, like http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XSCOLIBRI-234 ) and semantically they have different functions. We also have some problems when representing the buttons, because buttons should be 3D, having the affordance that you can push them, but that's another story.
So I want to know if there is a special technical reason (JS related? is more simple to listen to <a?) why we have links and inputs for form submit actions, or we could use only inputs and make this a standard.
Thanks, Caty
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