Netscape / IE Syntax problem or just differences?

[Adam Smith]

Syntax problem

Link works w/ Netscape

<a href="passwdhlp .html">
<button type="button" name="Help" style="font: 11pt arial bold;
background white;color:red ">Help!</button>
</a>

But not with IE

Any corrective suggestion or workaround

Thanks

-- Adam --

[Trevor Orton]

Re: Netscape / IE Syntax problem or just differences?

> <a href="passwdhlp .html">[color=blue]
> <button type="button" name="Help" style="font: 11pt arial bold;
> background white;color:red ">Help!</button>
> </a>[/color]

I'm no expert on this but I noticed the colon is missing between
'background' and 'white'. Also, you could try 'background-color' instead of
'background'. I'm making the assumption that an error in the style section
could affect functionality.

Trevor

[Lauri Raittila]

Re: Netscape / IE Syntax problem or just differences?

in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html, Trevor Orton wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> > <a href="passwdhlp .html">
> > <button type="button" name="Help" style="font: 11pt arial bold;
> > background white;color:red ">Help!</button>
> > </a>[/color][/color]

It is bad idea to make link look button, much better use plain link.
[color=blue]
> I'm no expert on this but I noticed the colon is missing between
> 'background' and 'white'.[/color]

Sure. Most likely because op didn't get it right, and didn't send URL to
us check it.
[color=blue]
> Also, you could try 'background-color' instead of
> 'background'.[/color]

That is always bad idea. What if user has
button { background-image: url(foobar)}

(somewhat unlikely though. But some browsers have such option on skinning
- not sure if it causes problems though)
[color=blue]
> I'm making the assumption that an error in the style section
> could affect functionality.[/color]

Button element is useless on practically all purposes, not only because
IE doesn't support it.

Better:
If it needs to look button for some unobvious reason:

[value="help"] {color:red;back ground:#fff;}

<form method="get" action="passwdh lp.html"><input type="submit"
value="help"></form>

Even better:

a {color:red;bord er:solid 2px;background: #fff;border-color:#fff #999 #999
#fff;}

<a href="passwordh lp.html">Help</a>

Best:

<a href="passwordh lp.html">Help</a>

(whiout buttonlike style)

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Lauri Raittila <http://www.iki.fi/lr> <http://www.iki.fi/zwak/fonts>