input type=image, problems with

[b2b2u]

I can't seem to get a form to submit using an image !?

<input type="image" src="submit.gif">

Any body have this problem? Is it choking on the x/y coordinates? If
so, what can be done about it?

code below works (truncated)

<form name="loginForm" action="/index.cfm" method="post"
onSubmit="return
checkTheForm()">
<input type="submit" value="GO" name="login" class="go">
</form>

but this code doesn't:

<input type="image" name="login" src="/graphics/go.gif">

!????!!!!

[David Dorward]

b2b2u wrote:

I can't seem to get a form to submit using an image !? <input type="image" name="login" src="/graphics/go.gif">

Aside from the missing (but required) alt attribute, there is nothing
obviously wrong with this. Try providing a URI so that people can see the
code in context.

--
David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me.uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
Home is where the ~/.bashrc is

[b2b2u]

David Dorward <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<cg*******************@news.demon.co.uk>...

b2b2u wrote:

I can't seem to get a form to submit using an image !?

<input type="image" name="login" src="/graphics/go.gif">

Aside from the missing (but required) alt attribute, there is nothing
obviously wrong with this. Try providing a URI so that people can see the
code in context.

I set up some test examples

http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest.cfm (works) use aaa,aaa
http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest2.cfm (image)

[David Dorward]

b2b2u wrote:

I set up some test examples http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest.cfm (works) use aaa,aaa
http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest2.cfm (image)

It looks like the issue is with the Cold Fusion. It probably depends on a
form variable called "login" to decide if the user is trying to login or
not.

--
David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me.uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
Home is where the ~/.bashrc is

[Thor Kottelin]

b2b2u wrote:

David Dorward <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<cg*******************@news.demon.co.uk>...

b2b2u wrote:

I can't seem to get a form to submit using an image !?

<input type="image" name="login" src="/graphics/go.gif">

Aside from the missing (but required) alt attribute, there is nothing
obviously wrong with this. Try providing a URI so that people can see the
code in context.

http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest.cfm (works) use aaa,aaa
http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest2.cfm (image)

As far as HTML is concerned, both examples work. If the application is
broken, that's probably a programming issue.

Thor

--
http://www.anta.net/

[Jukka K. Korpela]

David Dorward <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote:

It looks like the issue is with the Cold Fusion. It probably depends
on a form variable called "login" to decide if the user is trying to
login or not.

That would be my guess too. An image submit button causes different data
to be sent; see a description at
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms...on.html#submit

Then one could include
<input type="hidden" value="GO" name="login">
into the form.

But if you ask me, I'd suggest using a normal submit button instead of
creating problems and then finding fixes for them. A submit button could
be styled if desired, but it is more user-friendly to let browsers
display submit buttons in their own style, which the user is familiar
with.

--
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Pages about Web authoring: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html

[b2b2u]

Thor Kottelin <th**@anta.net> wrote in message news:<41***************@anta.net>...

b2b2u wrote:

David Dorward <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<cg*******************@news.demon.co.uk>...

b2b2u wrote:

> I can't seem to get a form to submit using an image !? <input type="image" name="login" src="/graphics/go.gif">

Aside from the missing (but required) alt attribute, there is nothing
obviously wrong with this. Try providing a URI so that people can see the
code in context.

http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest.cfm (works) use aaa,aaa
http://royalmediacom.readyhosting.com/loginTest2.cfm (image)

As far as HTML is concerned, both examples work. If the application is
broken, that's probably a programming issue.

Thor

It can't be a programming issue as the back end is the same. The only
difference between the two files is the <input type>. EVERYTHING else
is the same.

input type="image" sends x/y variables but I don't see how that
affects anything.

thx everyone

[b2b2u]

Thanks for the link. I've found that to. It works in Mozilla but not in IE 6.

I'll have to keep looking for a work-around.

thx

"Jukka K. Korpela" <jk******@cs.tut.fi> wrote in message news:<Xn*****************************@193.229.0.31 >...

David Dorward <do*****@yahoo.com> wrote:

It looks like the issue is with the Cold Fusion. It probably depends
on a form variable called "login" to decide if the user is trying to
login or not.

That would be my guess too. An image submit button causes different data
to be sent; see a description at
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms...on.html#submit

Then one could include
<input type="hidden" value="GO" name="login">
into the form.

But if you ask me, I'd suggest using a normal submit button instead of
creating problems and then finding fixes for them. A submit button could
be styled if desired, but it is more user-friendly to let browsers
display submit buttons in their own style, which the user is familiar
with.