- From: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 22:37:30 -0700
- To: www-html@w3.org
At 11:49p -0400 07/15/97, Liam Quinn wrote: > 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: > > - ---- > 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. And here's a better idea: <INPUT TYPE=image SRC="buttonup.gif" PRESSED="buttondn.gif"> This is backwards-compatible, plus it gives the author greater control over how the "highlight" appears when the button is pressed. Perhaps this PRESSED attribute could be added to IMG/OBJECT as well? __________________________________________________________________________ Walter Ian Kaye <boo_at_best*com> Programmer - Excel, AppleScript, Mountain View, CA ProTERM, FoxPro, HTML http://www.natural-innovations.com/ Musician - Guitarist, Songwriter
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