Of course, you could also do this: <input type="button" name=butNewSearch value="New Search" onclick="javascript:window.location="SearchPage.jsp";">
----------------------------------------------------------------- J a m e s B. S w a r t Agere Systems - Colorado Design Centers Unix/Windows Systems Administrator, WAN, LAN, Desktop, Voice, Printers, Security Focal Point, & Local CIO Service Delivery Manager Contact VOICE: 720-494-2330 ¿ FAX: 720-494-2331 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Currie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is "onClick" a bad way to navigate using buttons? Onclick works fine... the problem with the second button is that it should be written like: <input type="button" name=butNewSearch value="New Search" onclick="somesortoffunctionhere()"> <script> function somesortoffunctionhere() { window.location="SearchPage.jsp"; } </script> That should work? Mark Currie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pomeroy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:20 PM Subject: Is "onClick" a bad way to navigate using buttons? > I have a Results form which displays result records. Then, when a SUBMIT button is hit, a Detail page is displayed. > > I added two more buttons within the Results form, one to go back one step in history: > <input type="button" name=butModifySearch value="Modify Search" onclick="window.history.go(-1)"> > AND, > a second button to perform a new search: > <input type="button" name=butNewSearch value="New Search" link.onclick=("SearchPage.jsp")> > > I am receiving a run-time error for the "New Search" button, but the history button is working well. > > I have two questions: > 1)What is wrong with the "New Search" button? > 2)Are there browser bugs which make "onClick" a bad technique to use to navigate pages? > 3)Are there better techniques to use to navigate with buttons? > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com ==========================================================================To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
