form objects

[kay]

hi there! it's me again! how can i process form objects, such as check boxes, through href tags/links and not through submit buttons? That is, when the user clicks on a link, the value of the selected check boxes can be passed and can be retrieved. many thanks!!!🙂

[ptbsG_Man]

hmm if your doing what i think you are you can add the onClick tag to your href
ie..
<a href="cool.php" onClick="form_name.submit()">test</a>

i have no idea if this would work if you have the link goto a dff page then the form or if thats the wright way to do the submit()

if that dose not work you could go real complex and do something like an onChange on all of the form parts that would change the url of the link goes to
ie..
<a href="cool.php?this=
umm i dont know that much java sorry🆒

[daynah]

I don't see the purpose of having a form without actually submitting it somehow...

Why not just link the values of the checkboxes instead?

If you just want the values in the URL, try using the form method "get" instead of post.