Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx Impaired Site

[Foteos Macrides]

"gregory j. rosmaita" <address@hidden> wrote:
>recently i was asked via a blindness-related list "why is the submit
>button missing when the page is rendered by LYNX?", and when i listened 
>to the document source, the answer was simple--the submit button is an
>ALT-tagless clickable graphic...
>
><INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="/graphics/gogetit.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=top>
>
>lynx26 generates an:
>
>       [IMAGE]-Submit
>
>button when it encounters the offending code, but lynx 2.4.2 and less
>don't display a damn thing...  one wonders how long it would have taken
>someone to simply amend the tag thus:
>
><INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="/graphics/gogetit.gif" ALT="Go Get It!" BORDER=0 
>ALIGN=top>

        ALT is not valid for INPUT.  It should be VALUE="Go Get It!",
otherwise Lynx puts up the default "Submit" for TYPE="submit" or the
default "[IMAGE]-Submit" for TYPE="image".

        This is explained in the "HTML Forms" section of the "Lynx
Users Guide" of the v2.6 online 'h'elp, though that's a looooooong
section. :) :)

                                Fote

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