[Solar-talk] Isn't 'submit' a bad name for form fields?

[Paul M Jones]

On Jan 5, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> Just in case this was not clear, I made a simple example to
> demonstrate where is the problem:
>
> 1. Some forms in Solar apps are generated with the submit button with
> name and id 'submit'. Any event that try to submit the form will have
> a problem:
>         <form action="" method="post">
>             <input type="text" name="handle" value="" size="10" />
>             <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit"  
> value="submit" />
>             <a href="#" onclick="this.parentNode.submit();">created  
> submit</a>
>         </form>
>
> 2. If the name *and* id are something else, there is no problem:
>         <form action="" method="post">
>             <input type="text" name="handle" value="" size="10" />
>             <input type="submit" name="submit-auth" id="submit-auth"
> value="submit" />
>             <a href="#" onclick="this.parentNode.submit();">created  
> submit</a>
>         </form>
>
> The example above makes no sense as a real world case but serves for
> demonstration (the real case is: I have forms generated in the DOM and
> need to manipulate them using javascript events).

I see your point.

What's a good default alternative?



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