On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Jim O'Callaghan <jc1000...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > The behavior I was finding was as follows: > Perhaps FF and Chrome are not behaving as the W3C spec mandates though it > would have suited my purpose. I was basing the approach on a post on the > list that I can't find at the moment.
Nine times out of ten IE is the offender and that's true in this case as well. If the button is on a form IE submits the form which is incorrect according to the spec. IE8 may have this right. Need to do what Roland says and stop the event. Kalle > -----Original Message----- > From: andre...@gmail.com [mailto:andre...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Andreas > Andreou > Sent: 04 August 2010 19:59 > To: Tapestry users > Subject: Re: <button> for IE > > ok, but i have to ask cause that's another new on for me... > You're saying that if you have > <a ...><button ...></a> and you click on the button > that both the form is submitted AND the browser is navigated to the href ?? > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 21:26, Jim O'Callaghan <jc1000...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> 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 >> >> > > > > -- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
