Thanks for the response Andreas. I want to use an anchor in a scenario where I may have multiple buttons in a form, and want those buttons to submit to form A, but want the anchor to navigate to another page completely. I think I have what I need with using anchors and some CSS.
Regards, Jim. -----Original Message----- From: andre...@gmail.com [mailto:andre...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Andreas Andreou Sent: 04 August 2010 18:50 To: Tapestry users Subject: Re: <button> for IE i dont think i've ever seen <button> used inside an <a> what's wrong with doing something like: <form method="get" action="${returnPage}"><button type="submit" ...>...<./button></form> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 19:49, Jim O'Callaghan <jc1000...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks Ville. I will use the pageLink method where the context is created > within the java file - the page linked to may also be dynamic, so will also > need to be passed. A shame IE treats <button> differently. > > Regards, > Jim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ville Virtanen [mailto:ville.virta...@cerion.fi] > Sent: 04 August 2010 16:40 > To: users@tapestry.apache.org > Subject: Re: <button> for IE > > > On a side note: > > you can use the onAction(possible_context) to catch any action made by any > link. Also, you can construct the context for the pagelink (or actionlink) > in the java file, just return new Object[]{value1, value2...} from the java > method. (<t:pagelink page="somePage" context="prop:myContextMethod">....) > > - Ville > > > Jim O'Callaghan wrote: >> >> Can anyone advise on a good approach for IE's handling of the <button> >> tag? >> I was using: >> >> >> >> ${returnPage} <button>${message:generic.continue-label}</button> >> >> >> >> . in my tml with: >> >> >> >> Public Link getReturnPage(){.} >> >> >> >> . in my associated java class until I found IE doesn't behave the same way >> as Chrome / FF. I am trying to avoid having to provide an onActionFromXYZ >> in my page class as I already have the href I want to navigate to - just >> that I want to style it as a button without too much hacking. I don't >> want >> to put PageLinks in my tml as in this specific case the context is >> variable. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Jim. >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/%3Cbutton%3E-for-IE-tp29346696p29347798.html > Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > -- Andreas Andreou - andy...@apache.org - http://blog.andyhot.gr Tapestry PMC / Tacos developer Open Source / JEE Consulting --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
