Re: images used as form submit buttons

At 10:11 AM 2002-05-24, Scarlett Julian (ED) wrote:
>All
>
>apologies if this arrives twice but the first post didn't seem to appear
>after a couple of hours waiting.
>
>I am working on the assumption that using an image to submit a form will
>cause accessibility problems either because of the need for javascript or
>because it would mean using invalid html to create a text alternative for
>the image. I am in a situation where I am being asked to use images for form
>submission and would like to hear the views of list members.

Would the BUTTON element do what you need?

If it works, you don't need a script, you've got a place for ALT on the IMG within, etc.  Do browsers break on this?  Screen readers?

 http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-BUTTON

Al





>thanks
>
>Julian
>
>
>Julian Scarlett
>Web Design & Document Management System Officer
>PPU
>Education Directorate 
>Sheffield City Council
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Received on Friday, 24 May 2002 11:03:42 UTC