Q619 If a form has two submit buttons with the same name and different values, how can an onSubmit handler tell which button submitted the form?

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Q619 If a form has two submit buttons with the same name and different values, how can an onSubmit handler tell which button submitted the form?

By using the onClick event handler:

<FORM onSubmit="alert(button + ' pressed')">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" onClick="button=this.value" VALUE="Button One">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" onClick="button=this.value" VALUE="Button Two">
</FORM>

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• January 17, 2003 at 17:20:07: Joel Brom