Re: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons
I must add, they work fine in IE / XP , if you are using the 'windows classic' theme (without the fancy round buttons) Just to be more specific :D Spark! On 12/7/05, Ben Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08/12/05, Tim Burgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a clue as to why this happens: *I think* it's something to do with a different implementation of XP Visual Styles in Trident, but I don't know what the specific problem is (it could be as little as being a bug in the IE themes implementation that they just didn't fix, really). As far as I know IE uses a different interface to get the themed buttons than that of other Windows applications (note that the buttons are themed fine in Firefox and scale pretty well). The only way I can think to get around it would be to style the buttons with CSS, but you'll have to sacrifice the native look. Ben http://ben-ward.co.uk ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** -- [web] http://synapsisdi.com.br [livesets] http://djspark.com.br ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons
One way around this is to use button type=submit instead of input type=submitThe button tag offers far more opportunity to style than input, and allows you to include an image inside a button tag. The buttons look the same in all modern browsers regadless of OS.Did a little experimenting here: http://nickcowie.com/2005/stylish-accessible-buttons/ -- Nick Cowiehttp://nickcowie.com
RE: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons
I find it hard to believe but it looks like it's using an image file to draw the button?!?! I'v enever noticed this before. Perhaps I've never had buttons that long. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Burgan Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2005 11:46 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons Does anyone have a clue as to why this happens: IE6.0 only on XP makes form buttons display really pixelated what the button's width gets to a certain size. It doesn't seem to occur is any Mac browsers, and no other Win browsers or versions More specifically, when either the label is = 19 characters, or the width is = 192 pixels. Form buttons without width defined: http://www.timburgan.com/submit-button.htm Form buttons with width defined: http://www.timburgan.com/submit-button-width.htm Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get around this? Tim ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons
Hi Nick, Does button type=submit still submit a form by default, or does it require javascript to do so? If it doesn't require javascript.. why doesn't everyone use button type=submit? Tim Nick Cowie wrote: One way around this is to use button type=submit instead of input type=submit The button tag offers far more opportunity to style than input, and allows you to include an image inside a button tag. The buttons look the same in all modern browsers regadless of OS. Did a little experimenting here: http://nickcowie.com/2005/stylish-accessible-buttons/ http://nickcowie.com/2005/stylish-accessible-buttons/ -- Nick Cowie http://nickcowie.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons
Tim askedDoes button type=submit still submit a form by default, or does it require _javascript_ to do so?button type=submit = input type=submit but don't take my word for it, do what I did when I found out about the button element, go visit the W3c http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#h-17.5 If it doesn't require _javascript_.. why doesn't everyone use buttontype=submit?Because everybody has been taught / learnt to use the input element.The button element is the new kid on the block it was only introduced in 1997 with HTML 4.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40-970708/interact/forms.html#edef-BUTTON input has be around a lot longer. -- Nick Cowiehttp://nickcowie.com
Re: [WSG] Lengthy form buttons
Thanks Nick, Nick Cowie wrote: The button element is the new kid on the block it was only introduced in 1997 with HTML 4.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40-970708/interact/forms.html#edef-BUTTON input has be around a lot longer. http://nickcowie.com No kidding! RIP: input type=submit / ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
