[SOLVED] Can I make an a href look like a submit?

[marmite]

So, everyone is trying to do the opposite (to get their submits to look like regular links), and this is all I find on Google.

 

I'm sure this is really easy.

 

I have an <a href which doesn't need to POST any information... but as I have another submit on the page it looks silly to have this as a link or an image. I'd like it to look like a button.

 

It falls over when I simply try to add a form in with no inputs except the submit. Thanks ???

[obsidian]

Well, you're not going to get the link to look exactly like the submit buttons unless you style both of them a tad. The default button look is nigh impossible to duplicate on non-button elements, but with a little tweaking, we can get close.

 

Let's say you've got an <a> tag with a class of "pseudo_button" on it. Here is the CSS I would recommend you start with in order to begin your quest:

a.pseudo_button {
  text-decoration: none;
  background-color: #F4FAFA;
  padding: 2px 10px;
  border: 1px solid #2D5082;
  cursor: arrow;
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 11px;
}

 

This may be a good start, and then you can do whatever you need to modify it from there.

 

Good luck!

[marmite]

Thanks!

 

(I am surprised: I thought it would be really easy to insert a submit button as an <a href... rather than trying to format my image/link to look like that)

 

You've saved me lots of time. Cheers!

[obsidian]

(I am surprised: I thought it would be really easy to insert a submit button as an <a href... rather than trying to format my image/link to look like that)

 

You could always use some javascript to tell a button to act like a link instead:

<input type="submit" value="myLink" onclick="window.location('newpage.html'); return false;" />

 

The only consideration is that a redirect like this requires javascript, and some people don't like requiring users to have it enabled. This would definitely be easier and a little more accurate, though, since you are using a submit button for the redirect.

[marmite]

Hey thanks for that