Re: BUTTON element

Steve Cheng wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Chris Wilson (PSD) wrote:
> 
> > Actually, the point of the BUTTON tag is to allow rich content (e.g.,
> > images and marked-up text) in a button - which INPUT is incapable of,
> > since it is not a container.
> 
> True, but the element should not be named "BUTTON" or after any visual
> element. I propose a DIV like element, but it can be included in a form and
> "submitted".

I don't get it.  If the element is a pressable BUTTON,  then why bend
over backwards to hide this?  Even in an interface rendered for the
blind,  the functionality of the element is going to exist (albeit in a
different form).  I don't see anything wrong with BUTTON.  If you want
something more general,  have a container tag called CONTROL with a
TYPE= to get the semantics of the control.  It could be like INPUT
except for being a container.

Doug
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Received on Thursday, 17 July 1997 15:23:19 UTC