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I am doing the following:
<a href="www.stackoverflow.com">
<button disabled="disabled" >ABC</button>
</a>
This works good but I get a HTML5 validation error that says "Element 'button' must not be nested within element 'a button'.
Can anyone give me advice on what I should do?
No, it isn't valid HTML5 according to the HTML5 Spec Document from W3C:
Content model: Transparent, but there must be no interactive content descendant.
The a element may be wrapped around entire paragraphs, lists, tables, and so forth, even entire sections, so long as there is no interactive content within (e.g. buttons or other links).
In other words, you can nest any elements inside an <a> except the following:
<a>
<audio> (if the controls attribute is present)
<button>
<details>
<embed>
<iframe>
<img> (if the usemap attribute is present)
<input> (if the type attribute is not in the hidden state)
<keygen>
<label>
<menu> (if the type attribute is in the toolbar state)
<object> (if the usemap attribute is present)
<select>
<textarea>
<video> (if the controls attribute is present)
If you are trying to have a button that links to somewhere, wrap that button inside a <form> tag as such:
<form style="display: inline" action="http://example.com/" method="get">
<button>Visit Website</button>
</form>
However, if your <button> tag is styled using CSS and doesn't look like the system's widget... Do yourself a favor, create a new class for your <a> tag and style it the same way.
If you're using Bootstrap 3, this works quite well
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I've just jumped into the same issue and I solved it substituting 'button' tag to 'span' tag. In my case I'm using bootstrap. This is how it looks like:
<a href="#register">
<span class="btn btn-default btn-lg">
Subscribe
</span>
</a>
No.
The following solution relies on JavaScript.
<button type="button" onclick="location.href='http://www.stackoverflow.com'">ABC</button>
If the button is to be placed inside an existing <form> with method="post", then ensure the button has the attribute type="button" otherwise the button will submit the POST operation. In this way you can have a <form> that contains a mixture of GET and POST operation buttons.
It would be really weird if that was valid, and I would expect it to be invalid. What should it mean to have one clickable element inside of another clickable element? Which is it -- a button, or a link?
These days even if the spec doesn't allow it, it "seems" to still work to embed the button within a <a href...><button ...></a> tag, FWIW...
Another option is to use the onclick attribute of the button:
<button disabled="disabled" onClick="location.href='www.stackoverflow.com'" >ABC</button>
This works, however, the user won't see the link displayed on hover as they would if it were inside the element.
You can add a class to the button and put some script redirecting it.
I do it this way:
<button class='buttonClass'>button name</button>
<script>
$(".buttonClass').click(function(){
window.location.href = "http://stackoverflow.com";
});
</script>
why not..you can also embeded picture on button as well
<FORM method = "POST" action = "https://stackoverflow.com">
<button type="submit" name="Submit">
<img src="img/Att_hack.png" alt="Text">
</button>
</FORM>
Explanation and working solution here:
Howto: div with onclick inside another div with onclick javascript
by executing this script in your inner click handler:
if (!e) var e = window.event;
e.cancelBubble = true;
if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
It is illegal in HTML5 to embed a button element inside a link.
Better to use CSS on the default and :active (pressed) states:
body{background-color:#F0F0F0} /* JUST TO MAKE THE BORDER STAND OUT */
a.Button{padding:.1em .4em;color:#0000D0;background-color:#E0E0E0;font:normal 80% sans-serif;font-weight:700;border:2px #606060 solid;text-decoration:none}
a.Button:not(:active){border-left-color:#FFFFFF;border-top-color:#FFFFFF}
a.Button:active{border-right-color:#FFFFFF;border-bottom-color:#FFFFFF}
<p><a class="Button" href="www.stackoverflow.com">Click me<a>
Use formaction attribute inside the button
PS! It only works if your button type="submit"
<button type="submit" formaction="www.youraddress.com">Submit</button>
I have a button class that is placed inside an iframe. Problem is that this button's class has such a long name and I do not understand how to reference it in my script.
<button class="PDF-dmzpd5z6ckdkxkn8 PDF-5rbqp8nfgh6e11 PDF-tma5quj Toolbar-Button Tool-Button" title="SignUp" aria-label="myButton001" type="button"></button>
I am using my javascript to reference this class as:
document.querySelector("iframe").contentWindow.document.querySelector(".PDF-dmzpd5z6ckdkxkn8").click();
The above code does not work. Do I have to provide the complete class name for reference?
I am on right track because I have another button that looks like this:
<button class="PDF-tdsfethgr51stg Next-Button Next-Previous-Button" title="Next" aria-label="Next" type="button"></button>
And I can easily call/reference it via:
document.querySelector("iframe").contentWindow.document.querySelector(".PDF-tdsfethgr51stg").click();
If selecting with class doesn't work, you can try to select with title attribute:
document.querySelector('button[title="SignUp"]');
Using Id in button is the best option
Example:
<button class="PDF-dmzpd5z6ckdkxkn8 PDF-5rbqp8nfgh6e11 PDF-tma5quj Toolbar-Button Tool-Button" title="SignUp" aria-label="myButton001" type="button" id="exbtn1"></button>
document.querySelector("iframe").contentWindow.document.querySelector("#exbtn1").click();
Note: It's best option to define the tags in Query Selector (eg. document.querySelector("iframe")[0]). The index starts from 0.
I am doing the following:
<a href="www.stackoverflow.com">
<button disabled="disabled" >ABC</button>
</a>
This works good but I get a HTML5 validation error that says "Element 'button' must not be nested within element 'a button'.
Can anyone give me advice on what I should do?
No, it isn't valid HTML5 according to the HTML5 Spec Document from W3C:
Content model: Transparent, but there must be no interactive content descendant.
The a element may be wrapped around entire paragraphs, lists, tables, and so forth, even entire sections, so long as there is no interactive content within (e.g. buttons or other links).
In other words, you can nest any elements inside an <a> except the following:
<a>
<audio> (if the controls attribute is present)
<button>
<details>
<embed>
<iframe>
<img> (if the usemap attribute is present)
<input> (if the type attribute is not in the hidden state)
<keygen>
<label>
<menu> (if the type attribute is in the toolbar state)
<object> (if the usemap attribute is present)
<select>
<textarea>
<video> (if the controls attribute is present)
If you are trying to have a button that links to somewhere, wrap that button inside a <form> tag as such:
<form style="display: inline" action="http://example.com/" method="get">
<button>Visit Website</button>
</form>
However, if your <button> tag is styled using CSS and doesn't look like the system's widget... Do yourself a favor, create a new class for your <a> tag and style it the same way.
If you're using Bootstrap 3, this works quite well
Primary link
Link
I've just jumped into the same issue and I solved it substituting 'button' tag to 'span' tag. In my case I'm using bootstrap. This is how it looks like:
<a href="#register">
<span class="btn btn-default btn-lg">
Subscribe
</span>
</a>
No.
The following solution relies on JavaScript.
<button type="button" onclick="location.href='http://www.stackoverflow.com'">ABC</button>
If the button is to be placed inside an existing <form> with method="post", then ensure the button has the attribute type="button" otherwise the button will submit the POST operation. In this way you can have a <form> that contains a mixture of GET and POST operation buttons.
It would be really weird if that was valid, and I would expect it to be invalid. What should it mean to have one clickable element inside of another clickable element? Which is it -- a button, or a link?
These days even if the spec doesn't allow it, it "seems" to still work to embed the button within a <a href...><button ...></a> tag, FWIW...
Another option is to use the onclick attribute of the button:
<button disabled="disabled" onClick="location.href='www.stackoverflow.com'" >ABC</button>
This works, however, the user won't see the link displayed on hover as they would if it were inside the element.
You can add a class to the button and put some script redirecting it.
I do it this way:
<button class='buttonClass'>button name</button>
<script>
$(".buttonClass').click(function(){
window.location.href = "http://stackoverflow.com";
});
</script>
why not..you can also embeded picture on button as well
<FORM method = "POST" action = "https://stackoverflow.com">
<button type="submit" name="Submit">
<img src="img/Att_hack.png" alt="Text">
</button>
</FORM>
Explanation and working solution here:
Howto: div with onclick inside another div with onclick javascript
by executing this script in your inner click handler:
if (!e) var e = window.event;
e.cancelBubble = true;
if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
It is illegal in HTML5 to embed a button element inside a link.
Better to use CSS on the default and :active (pressed) states:
body{background-color:#F0F0F0} /* JUST TO MAKE THE BORDER STAND OUT */
a.Button{padding:.1em .4em;color:#0000D0;background-color:#E0E0E0;font:normal 80% sans-serif;font-weight:700;border:2px #606060 solid;text-decoration:none}
a.Button:not(:active){border-left-color:#FFFFFF;border-top-color:#FFFFFF}
a.Button:active{border-right-color:#FFFFFF;border-bottom-color:#FFFFFF}
<p><a class="Button" href="www.stackoverflow.com">Click me<a>
Use formaction attribute inside the button
PS! It only works if your button type="submit"
<button type="submit" formaction="www.youraddress.com">Submit</button>
I have to render a html page residing in templates/home.html
I have a button in index.html as:
<div id="browse_app">
<button class="btn btn-large btn-info" type="button">Browse</button>
</div>
All I want to do is when I click on Browse, it takes me to home.html
I tried to write jQuery as:
// onClick on 'Browse' load the internal page
$(function(){
$('#browse_app').click(function(){
$.load('templates/home.html');
});
});
But this doesn't work since load needs to put data somewhere in current page
How do I get to the home.html on button click?
As far as I can tell you are using Twitter Bootstrap. The documentation for Buttons addresses your point:
Default buttons
Button styles can be applied to anything with the .btn class applied. However, typically you'll want to apply these to only <a> and <button> elements for the best rendering.
This is what you want:
<div id="browse_app">
<a class="btn btn-large btn-info" href="templates/home.html">Browse</a>
</div>
In the worst case scenario, this way the rendering of the button won't look nice but the link will work. Using JS, your worst case scenario will render the link useless.
Use: onclick="window.location='INSERT HTML FILE HERE'" in your button tag
One I prepared earlier:
<button class="btn" style="text-align:inherit" onclick="window.location='./Learn/'">« About HerdMASTER 4</button>
I wanted to go to the directory Learn from another directory in the same folder
It's a more elegant solution using the bootstrap class that is included, meaning you don't have to hack code into your page. I wish there was a bit more functionality documentation about the various classes for bootstrap as I figured this out from the above code rather than finding it by a google search.
Use this:
$(function(){
$('#browse_app').click(function(){
window.location='templates/home.html'
});
});
Use onclick="window.open('YourPage.aspx','_self');"
For Example:
<button type="submit" onclick="window.open('YourPage.aspx','_self');" class="btn btn-default">Your Page</button>
Just wondering if there is a way to get a HTML <button> element to link to a location without wrapping it in an <a href... tag?
Button currently looks like:
<button>Visit Page Now</button>
What I would prefer not to have:
<button>Visit Page Now</button>
The button is not being used within a form so <input type="button"> is not an option. I am just curious to see if there is a way to link this particular element without needing to wrap it in an <a href tag.
Looking forward to hearing some options/opinions.
Inline Javascript:
<button onclick="window.location='http://www.example.com';">Visit Page Now</button>
Defining a function in Javascript:
<script>
function visitPage(){
window.location='http://www.example.com';
}
</script>
<button onclick="visitPage();">Visit Page Now</button>
or in Jquery
<button id="some_id">Visit Page Now</button>
$('#some_id').click(function() {
window.location='http://www.example.com';
});
Here's a solution which will work even when JavaScript is disabled:
<form action="login.html">
<button type="submit">Login</button>
</form>
The trick is to surround the button with its own <form> tag.
I personally prefer the <button> tag, but you can do it with <input> as well:
<form action="login.html">
<input type="submit" value="Login"/>
</form>
Just do this
<button OnClick=" location.href='link.html' ">Visit Page Now</button>
Although, it's been a while since I've touched JavaScript - maybe location.href is outdated? Anyways, that's how I would do it.
LINKS ARE TRICKY
Consider the tricks that <a href> knows by default but javascript linking won't do for you. On a decent website, anything that wants to behave as a link should implement these features one way or another. Namely:
Ctrl+Click: opens link in new tabYou can simulate this by using a window.open() with no position/size argument
Shift+Click: opens link in new windowYou can simulate this by window.open() with size and/or position specified
Alt+Click: download targetPeople rarely use this one, but if you insist to simulate it, you'll need to write a special script on server side that responds with the proper download headers.
EASY WAY OUT
Now if you don't want to simulate all that behaviour, I suggest to use <a href> and style it like a button, since the button itself is roughly a shape and a hover effect. I think if it's not semantically important to only have "the button and nothing else", <a href> is the way of the samurai. And if you worry about semantics and readability, you can also replace the button element when your document is ready(). It's clear and safe.
Well, for a link, there must be a link tag around. what you can also do is that make a css class for the button and assign that class to the link tag. like,
#btn {
background: url(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/128/149/149668.png) no-repeat 0 0;
display: block;
width: 128px;
height: 128px;
border: none;
outline: none;
}
You can make it a non-submitting button (<button type="button">) and hook something like window.location = 'http://where.you.want/to/go' into its onclick handler. This does not work without javascript enabled though.
Or you can make it a submit button, and do a redirect on the server, although this obviously requires some kind of server-side logic, but the upside is that is doesn't require javascript.
(actually, forget the second solution - if you can't use a form, the submit button is out)
<form action="portfolio.html">
<button type="link" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">View Work</button>
</form>
I just figured this out, and it links perfectly to another page without having my default link settings over ride my button classes! :)
Here it is using jQuery. See it in action at http://jsfiddle.net/sQnSZ/
<button id="x">test</button>
$('#x').click(function(){
location.href='http://cnn.com'
})
Assuming that in your HTML file you've a button with id="Button", In the script.js(your script file), you can use this way:
document.getElementById("Button").addEventListener("click", gotoUrl);
function gotoUrl() {
window.location.assign("https://www.google.com/");
}
Now the button will lead you to Google!
For more info: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_window_location.asp
You can also try this<button type=“Submit”><a href=“”>#</a></button>