Creating a Button with a Hyperlink
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Description
There are two ways to create a button with a hyperlink.
with a form, which will work in all circumstances
with JavaScript, which requires that the user have JavaScript enabled
Form Solution
The following HTML code creates a button with the label "Click Here to Continue". When clicked the hyperlink opens nextpage.a5w in the current window.
<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="Alpha Anywhere HTML Editor"> <title></title> </head> <body> <form action="nextpage.a5w"> <input type="submit" value="Click Here to Continue"> </form> </body></html>
JavaScript Solution
The following JavaScript code creates a button with the label "Click Here to Continue". When clicked the hyperlink opens nextpage.a5w in the current window.
<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="Alpha Anywhere HTML Editor"> <title></title> </head> <body> <input name="continue" type="button" id="continue" value="Click Here to Continue" onclick="window.location='nextpage.a5w'"> </body></html>
The Resulting Page
In both cases the resulting page looks like this.