submitting forms with a link instead using a submit-button (JSP/Struts)

Hi!

I want to submit a form via link, because our customers don't want t
have usual buttons.

Okay, I could use JavaScript to submit a form, but this does not wor
with struts-framework within our JSPs somehow - he seemes to submit th
form twice then it seems :-/

html:link styleClass="headerNav" href="#?buttonSave=clicked
onclick="javascript:submitForm( 'editUserChainForm' )"
bean:message key="form.submit.save"/
/html:link

But I'm looking for an alternative: Isn't it possible to dynamicall
generate a transparent gif which looks like a link and which I coul
use as an image-button? Is there a JAVA-API for it?

greetz
eztu

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eztup <eztup.1bchba (AT) news (DOT) webfrustration.com> wrote:

I want to submit a form via link, because our customers don't want to
have usual buttons.

Tell them they are wrong. Of course, you probably want to tell that in
some polite way. But they are.

Okay, I could use JavaScript to submit a form, but this does not work
with struts-framework within our JSPs somehow - he seemes to submit the
form twice then it seems :-/

Well, using JavaScript as the only way of submitting a form _is_
mostly distorted, is it not?

html:link styleClass="headerNav" href="#?buttonSave=clicked"
onclick="javascript:submitForm( 'editUserChainForm' )"
bean:message key="form.submit.save"/
/html:link

What's that? Not HTML for sure.

But I'm looking for an alternative: Isn't it possible to dynamically
generate a transparent gif which looks like a link and which I could
use as an image-button? Is there a JAVA-API for it?

When in a deep hole, stop digging and climb up.

Use a form with a normal submit button. If your customers insist on
getting hurted, use style sheets (simple CSS will suffice, no "DHTML"
needed) to change the _visual appearance_ of the button to something
link-like. You know, set background and color, remove border, add
underlining, and so on.

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