Using a Graphic Submit Button

apply for the reset button unless you add JavaScript. But in terms of HTML itself, you can use a custom button for submit if you so desire.

For Example 5-12, I created a graphic submit button for my form and inserted it into the form using the input element with additional attributes for the image.

Example 5-12. Using a graphical submit button

<form method="get" action="http://www.myserver.com/cgi-bin/mailscript/">

<input type="image" src="submit-button.gif" width="75" height="25" alt="submit!"
 value="submit" />

</form>

You'll notice that the markup includes a value for the type attribute, image. Then you provide the image source for the button, its width and height, its value, and alternative text. Remember, it's an image, so you'll want to be sure you have that alternative text in there.

Figure 5-14