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--- java:howtomakealinklooklikeabutton [2012/10/06 17:15] – creado rlunaro
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+====== How to make a link look like a button ======
+From time, appears the need of making a link to look like a button. If you search through internet you will see lots of solutions, however, it is surprising that nobody have came across this solution. If you have a link:
+<code html>
+  <a href="http://www.example.com">Please click here</a>
+</code>
+The corresponding button that does __exactly the same behaviour__ is this:
+<code html>
+  <form method="GET" action="http://www.example.com">
+  <input type="submit" name="Please click here">
+  </form>
+</code>
+This solution has the advantage that every style you will apply to buttons in general will affect to this (because is a fucking real button, not an styled one). The "GET" method means exactly this: make a link with the values of the parameters and navigate through it. So, putting zero parameters make the result equivalent to click on a link.