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Re: forms question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wmperry@spry.com)
Fri Aug 19 10:30:27 1994
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 16:17:51 +0200
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S. HAYLES writes:
> You could use hidden fields in the form to store status
> eg
> <input type="hidden" name="status" value="put status info here ">
>
> I've made this work quite well in a search screen. If you need lots
> of status you can of course add more hidden fields - status1, status2
> etc.
>
> (BTW why can we only have 1 submit button per form - allowing more
> would improve the quality of forms interfaces no end, and doesn't
> seem technically difficult?)
It is trivial to send the 'name' of a submit field, which I believe was
decided on as a 'Good Thing' on this list several months ago. The emacs-w3
browser did this for a while, and it is very handy. But lots of
poorly-written forms interfaces didn't like the extra field in the
submitted xxx=yyy&zzz=1111 type thing.
Another thing that is very useful (which of course the emacs browser does
:) is the use of alternate ACTION attributes on submit buttons.
-Bill P.
