How do I create a Submit button mouseover?

Question

I am creating an HTML contact form that uses a standard image for a submit button.

Here is the html:

<form action="#">
    <fieldset>
        <input type="text" name="name" value="FULL NAME" onfocus="if (this.value=='FULL NAME') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="PHONE NUMBER" onfocus="if (this.value=='PHONE NUMBER') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="EMAIL" onfocus="if (this.value=='EMAIL') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="MOVE DATE" onfocus="if (this.value=='MOVE DATE') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="ORIGINATING ADDRESS" onfocus="if (this.value=='ORIGINATING ADDRESS') this.value='';"/>
        <input type="text" name="" value="DESTINATION ADDRESS" onfocus="if (this.value=='DESTINATION ADDRESS') this.value='';"/>
        <select name="type">
            <option value="Private">Private</option>
            <option value="Commercial">Commercial</option>
        </select>
        <input id="quoteSubmit" type="image" src="_images/btn_submit.png" alt="" />
    </fieldset>
</form>

The static Submit button image is okay, but I would like change it on mouseover to btn_submit-over.png.

I am familiar with mouseovers useing css sprites, but they don't work for submit buttons. I would appreciate some help.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can do this several ways... with jquery might be the best way, but this is how you do it without.

Change
<input id="quoteSubmit" type="image" src="_images/btn_submit.png" alt="" />

to
<input id="quoteSubmit" type="image" src="_images/btn_submit.png" alt="" onmouseover="javascript:this.src='_images/btn_submit-over.png'" onmouseout="javascript:this.src='_images/btn_submit.png'"/>

Just from the top of my head, I guess that should work.

Br, Paul

Answer 2

OldSchool:

        <a href="#" onclick="document.forms[0].submit(); return false"
onmouseover="document.subBut.src=document.subBut.src.replace('.png','over.png')"
onmouseout="document.subBut.src=document.subBut.src.replace('over.png','.png')"><img 
name="subBut" src="_images/btn_submit.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>

Answer 3

Wouldn't it be possible to use a class?

<input type="submit" class="submit" .../>

CSS:
input.submit:hover{
   color: Green;
} 

or you could use then a little JavaScript to handle the swapping of images and to cause the button to call submit() (javascript:document.theform.submit())

Answer 4

With pure CSS,

<input type="submit" value="::Submit Query::" id="foo" />

...

  #foo {
    background-image: url('_images/btn_submit.png');
    width: <width here>;
    height: <height here>;
    border-style: none;
    background-color: transparent;
    text-indent: 480px;    /* hack to hide the text */
  }

  #foo:hover {
    background-image: url('_images/btn_submit-over.png')
  }

If CSS is disabled it will revert to a simple submit button.

Demonstration: http://jsbin.com/aboxu3/2

You could then apply the CSS sprite techniques.