Hi, I'm just starting out in ASP.NET MVC (and web applications in general, as I've only really worked on console apps before), and was wondering how to display a link instead of a button for submitting a form? Thanks.
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You need to add an onclick JavaScript event to your hyperlink that submits the form.
Dan Diplo
2010-08-10 22:55:31
+1
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I assume you are looking to post the form via a hyperlink. You're not going to find any helpers built into the framework which support this action because it isn't a recommended practice for security reasons. That said, here's an approach with is quite safe and should work for you. jQuery Delete Link With Downlevel Support
Ben Griswold
2010-08-10 22:55:42
+3
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<a href="#" onclick="document.forms[0].submit()">Please don't right-click, shift-click, ctrl-click or middle-click this link, or do anything else that seems like an obvious thing to do with links beyond just clicking it, as it's a dummy link pretending to be a submit button</a>
Given the issues of people treating links like links (crazy of them, I know) it may be better to do <span onclick="document.forms[0].submit()">Submit!</span> and then use CSS to give it a pointer cursor.
Jon Hanna
2010-08-10 23:09:26
A slightly more general solution w/ JQuery is `$(this).nearest('form').submit()`. There may be more than one form per document.
Ryan
2010-08-10 23:36:12
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You may want to consider using CSS to hide the submit button's border and background color (and otherwise style it so it has the appearance of a link) instead, so that your form is still be accessible if JavaScript is disabled.
GWB
2010-08-10 23:27:55