Subj : CVS commit web/html/msgs/
To   : Deuce
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 24 2005 11:19 pm

  Re: CVS commit web/html/msgs/
  By: Deuce to runemaster on Tue May 24 2005 02:58 pm

 >   Re: CVS commit web/html/msgs/
 >   By: runemaster to All on Tue May 24 2005 11:45:00
 > 
 >  > Work around for IE and other browsers that do not recognise:
 >  > <input type="image" src="/graphics/delete_messages.gif" name="Action" val
 >  > (Specifically the name= and value= )  Sheesh!
 > 
 > You'll find that according to the specs, if the mouse is used to press an im
 > input type, the browser will send name.x and name.y (Which is standard)
 > 
 > Last time I read the standard, value was only used if the image was clicked
 > using a non-pointer (ie: the keyboard)

The "standard" (at w3c.org) is ambiguous on this point (doesn't say
specifically either way), but my O'Reilly HTML & XHTML "definitive guide" (4th
ed) specifically shows the "value" attribute not supported in type="image"
input fields, which agrees with Microsoft's HTML reference.

                                                  digital man

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