Button widget cannot submit forms

[bill]

It's not possible to use the dojo::Button as the triggering mechanism to submit a form. For example, changing line 84 of the dojo.io.FormBind? example (​http://mastodon.dojotoolkit.org/~david/formBind/):

<input type="submit" name="save" value="Save" />

into something like:

<button dojoType="Button" onclick="document.myformname.submit(); return false;" id="buttonId" >save</button>

When I try to apply this change it does not pass through the FormBind? handlers (nor load, nor onsubmit).

Presumably there needs to be a hidden <button> object that gets pressed when the button is clicked.

[dylan]

event handlers do not get transferred to the dom node here... should they be copied in?

[dylan]

Actually, event handlers are used here... the main issue I see with firefox at least is that your form still has to have a submit button, even if it is hidden, for it to be possible to submit a form. I'll add this to dojo.book and close.

[bill]

Actually, the reason I wrote this bug is because I don't want users to have to have a hidden submit button. If you think about degradability (if javascript is disabled), and also ease of use, then it's clear that

<button dojoType="Button" type="submit">

needs to work the same as

<button type="submit">

I tried to write the contract here: ​http://manual.dojotoolkit.org/WikiHome/DojoDotBook/Book44

Anyway, I can deal with this bug for 0.5.

[Douglas Hays]

This should be fixed with the new Button widget