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Form button with image and reset?

Could someone provide HTML code that uses a form in which exists an input field (where the user can type) plus two images which will serve as buttons.  One image will be "Reset" and the other image will be "Submit".   I do not want to see the standard gray rectangular buttons...instead, I want to replaced them with images.

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OK, first the input field is simply an input tag of type text.  You can specify the size of the field as well as the max number of characters as I have (at 15).  The maxlength is optional of course.  Also the default value which is displayed in the field can also be displayed.  I put "text field!"...  This can be left out as well if you want it to be blank.

To have an image for submit and reload, you first will need the images you want to use.  Then use the input type "image" as I've done above.  When the user clicks on this image it submits the form and sends the coordinates of where the user clicked on the image.  This data will probably be meaningless for you so you can just ignore it...  To do a reset with a custom image though requires a little javascript...  You can use the input type "image" like I did above, or even just a normal img tag:
<A HREF="JavaScript:;" onClick="document.theForm.reset(); return false;"><IMG src="reset.gif" width="40" height="15"></A>

Either way it will reset the form...

Oh, and similarly you can submit the form with a normal image tag if you use javascript.  The same as above, with reset changed to submit:
<A HREF="JavaScript:;" onClick="document.theForm.submit(); return false;"><IMG src="submit.gif" width="40" height="15"></A>


Either way, its up to you...

If you have any further question on this, feel free to ask.
-Josh
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So I take it that it is impossible to have an Image button perform a Reset without using Javascript?

I had hoped to avoid Javascript.
Sorry, not possible:(  Why hope to avoid JavaScript though?  It's very commonly supported by the browsers.  I believe the code used in this question is 1.0, so that means Netscape 2.0+ and IE 3.0+.  That's pretty good support, and few people disable JavaScript anymore, because so many pages rely on it and don't function at all without it...  It's not really something you have to worry about anymore.

-Josh