I'd like to create an HTML form submit button with the value 'add tag'
, however, the web page is in Swedish, so I'd like to have a different button text.
That is, I want to have a button like
but I want to have my code like
if (request.getParameter(cmd).equals("add tag"))
tags.addTag( /*...*/ );
Is this possible? If so, how?
It's possible using the button
element.
<button name="name" value="value" type="submit">Sök</button>
From the W3C page on button
:
Buttons created with the BUTTON element function just like buttons created with the INPUT element, but they offer richer rendering possibilities: the BUTTON element may have content.
Following the @greg0ire suggestion in comments:
<input type="submit" name="add_tag" value="Lägg till tag" />
In your server side, you'll do something like:
if (request.getParameter("add_tag") != null)
tags.addTag( /*...*/ );
(Since I don't know that language (java?), there may be syntax errors.)
I would prefer the <button>
solution, but it doesn't work as expected on IE < 9.
There are plenty of answers here explaining what you could do (I use the different field name one) but the simple (and as-yet unstated) answer to your question is 'no' - you can't have a different text and value using just HTML.
I don't know if I got you right, but, as I understand, you could use an additional hidden field with the value "add tag" and let the button have the desired text.
If you handle "adding tag" via JScript:
<form ...>
<button onclick="...">any text you want</button>
</form>
Or above if handle via page reload