BUTTON element
Liam Quinn (liam@htmlhelp.com)
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:49:09 -0400
Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19970715234909.0088b7b0@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:49:09 -0400
To: www-html@w3.org
From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
Subject: BUTTON element
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I'm a bit confused by HTML 4.0's introduction of the BUTTON element. It
seems to me that this element is new, unsupported, not backwards-
compatible, and presentation-based. The HTML 4.0 draft describes it as
follows:
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A BUTTON element whose type is "submit" and whose content is an image
(e.g., the IMG element) is very similar to an INPUT element whose type is
"image". They both cause a form to be submitted, but their presentation is
different. In this context, an INPUT element is supposed to be rendered as
a "flat" image, while a BUTTON is supposed to be rendered as a button
(e.g., with relief and an up/down motion when clicked).
- ----<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40/interact/forms.html#h-9.1.2.2>----
Declaring how elements are "supposed to be rendered" seems strange given
the draft's overall emphasis on platform independence and structural
markup.
Does anyone know why BUTTON was introduced, and why a structural element
was not used instead? Perhaps changing the name to ACTION (better
suggestions?) would at least eliminate the element's apparent focus on
presentation.
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Liam Quinn
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