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 > > Read more: http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/creating-usable-links-and-buttons/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
