Form submission prevention with <input type=image onclick=..>

[Kimmo R. M. Hovi]

Currently I have defined:

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<form method="post" action="xx"
enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">

[stuff]

<input type="image" name="Function 1" src="image1.gif" border="0"
title="1">
<input type="image" name="Function 2" src="image2.gif" border="0"
title="2">

[and so on]

</form>
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So, it's a basic toolbar with images. Now, a need has arisen to
make available functionality, through a clickable image, that would
open a pop-up window (with a form, which will submit the window.opener's
form) without submitting the original form [Until an option is selected in
the popup].

How exactly should I go about this? the basic <input type=image> will
submit the form when clicked even if the onclick is defined.

I know of the onsubmit parameter in the <form> tag, but how would I
go about stopping the submission when this particular image is clicked?

If it's possible to make this happen with a non-input tag, that'll be
acceptable too.

The "supported" browser is IE5.5+

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[Henk Burgstra]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:15:22 +0300, Kimmo R. M. Hovi wrote:

So, it's a basic toolbar with images. Now, a need has arisen to
make available functionality, through a clickable image, that would
open a pop-up window (with a form, which will submit the window.opener's
form) without submitting the original form [Until an option is selected in
the popup].

How exactly should I go about this? the basic <input type=image> will
submit the form when clicked even if the onclick is defined.

I know of the onsubmit parameter in the <form> tag, but how would I
go about stopping the submission when this particular image is clicked?

If it's possible to make this happen with a non-input tag, that'll be
acceptable too.

I'm sure I'm missing something here, but is there any reason you can't use
<a href="..."><img src="..." ... /></a> ?

Regards,
Henk Burgstra

[William Morris]

Or <img src="yadda.jpg" onClick="window.open('...')"> ..?
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"Henk Burgstra" <eg****@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:15:22 +0300, Kimmo R. M. Hovi wrote:

So, it's a basic toolbar with images. Now, a need has arisen to
make available functionality, through a clickable image, that would
open a pop-up window (with a form, which will submit the window.opener's
form) without submitting the original form [Until an option is selected in the popup].

How exactly should I go about this? the basic <input type=image> will
submit the form when clicked even if the onclick is defined.

I know of the onsubmit parameter in the <form> tag, but how would I
go about stopping the submission when this particular image is clicked?

If it's possible to make this happen with a non-input tag, that'll be
acceptable too.

I'm sure I'm missing something here, but is there any reason you can't use
<a href="..."><img src="..." ... /></a> ?

Regards,
Henk Burgstra