Consider the fact that the search engine spiders will not be able to follow form submits or buttons that call javascript functions. As far as possible try to stick to url linking, preferably without using "?".
-----Original Message----- From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Pomeroy Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is "onClick" a bad way to navigate using buttons? I have a Results form which displays result records. Then, when a SUBMIT button is hit, a Detail page is displayed. I added two more buttons within the Results form, one to go back one step in history: <input type="button" name=butModifySearch value="Modify Search" onclick="window.history.go(-1)"> AND, a second button to perform a new search: <input type="button" name=butNewSearch value="New Search" link.onclick=("SearchPage.jsp")> I am receiving a run-time error for the "New Search" button, but the history button is working well. I have two questions: 1)What is wrong with the "New Search" button? 2)Are there browser bugs which make "onClick" a bad technique to use to navigate pages? 3)Are there better techniques to use to navigate with buttons? =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
