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<button> not available in dropdowns?

Thread began 2/11/2011 3:28 pm by Andrew Read | Last modified 2/15/2011 8:36 am by Jason Byrnes | 3126 views | 11 replies |

Andrew Read

<button> not available in dropdowns?

Hello,

It seems that when I use a <button> element to trigger my form submissions they do not appear in the DataAssist Event Trigger dropdowns.

Is this something that can be solved?

Thanks.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

do you mean input type="button" form elements?


these cannot be used for triggers in data assist, because a button element type will not actually submit the form.


the button element type does not send anything to the server, it can be used to send a clear command to the browser, or used to add onclick events, but it wont send anything to the server when clicked.

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Andrew Read

Hi Jason,

I'm talking about using these buttons to submit my form:

html:
<button type="submit" class="positive"><img src="/images/icons/tick.png" alt=""/>Upgrade Account!</button>



They certainly submit the form on 'any post' but if I want to target the specific button press.. it is not available.

Thx.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

because this button is missing a name, and value attribute:
<button type="submit" class="positive">

Without a name or value attribute, it cant be added to the list.
change it to:
<button type="submit" class="positive" name="myButton" value="myvalue">

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Andrew Read

I have changed the button as follows:

html:
<button type="submit" class="positive" name="UpgradeAccount" value="UpgradeAccount"><img src="/images/icons/tick.png" alt=""/>Upgrade Account!</button>



It still does not show up in the list. :)

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

use this instead:

php:
<input type="image" class="positive" name="UpgradeAccount" value="UpgradeAccount"  src="/images/icons/tick.png" alt="Upgrade Account!" />
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Andrew Read

The image input does not style like the button type, which is why I am using it.

See: rediscovering-the-button-element/ for your reference.

Stylable form buttons without the need to create a graphic each time you need a new button. :)

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

for now, you will need to create the page using the regular input type="submit" to create the trigger code, then change it to the button element type you are trying to use, as long as the name doesn't change this will work.

I have added a feature request to have button element types added to the form data bindings.

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Andrew Read

Thank you.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

you're welcome.

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