use text link instead of submit button

Hi guys,
the search doesn't seem to work on this site any more so i apologise if it has
been answered elesewhere.

I am building a form and i don't want use the ugly default submit button.
Is it possible to use a text link instead for this functionality????

Many thanks

On 7/12/04 9:33 AM, in article ccu7gg$57p$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com, "bobby
davro" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi guys,
the search doesn't seem to work on this site any more so i apologise if it has
been answered elesewhere.

I am building a form and i don't want use the ugly default submit button.
Is it possible to use a text link instead for this functionality????

Actually, you can do even better. Create your own submit button. Then use
submit code that looks something like this:

<input name="submit" type="image" value="Search"
src="images/buttons/search.gif" width="51" height="26" border="0">

That way you can make your search button match the other buttons on your
site. Oooo, ahhhh, oooo, ahhhh. See example at www.ActionAmerica.org

John Gaver
Action America
(forget everything to contact me direct)

Microsoft: (n) Job security for IT consultants.

thanks john,
But i need to make this site as flexible as possible as it will be translated
into various languages and the text link would be easiest to update.
Is it still possible to use a text link?

You can use javascript:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=javascript+text+link+subm
it+form

but- it will fail if visitor doesn't have js enabled.

how about using CSS to style the regular submit button to something you like
the looks of? And, it's as easy to change the wording of a submit button as
it would be to alter a text link.

But i need to make this site as flexible as possible as it will be translated
into various languages and the text link would be easiest to update.
Is it still possible to use a text link?