How to make an input type=button act like a hyperlink and redirect using a get request?

Question

How do I make a <input type=button> act like a hyperlink and redirect using a GET request?

Answer 1

There are several different ways to do that -- first, simply put it inside a form that points to where you want it to go:

<form action="/my/link/location" method="get">
    <input type="submit" value="Go to my link location" 
         name="Submit" id="frm1_submit" />
</form>

This has the advantage of working even without javascript turned on.

Second, use a stand-alone button with javascript:

<input type="submit" value="Go to my link location" 
    onclick="window.location='/my/link/location';" />       

This however, will fail in browsers without JavaScript (Note: this is really bad practice -- you should be using event handlers, not inline code like this -- this is just the simplest way of illustrating the kind of thing I'm talking about.)

The third option is to style an actual link like a button:

<style type="text/css">
.my_content_container a {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #777777;
    border-left: 1px solid #000000;
    border-right: 1px solid #333333;
    border-top: 1px solid #000000;
    color: #000000;
    display: block;
    height: 2.5em;
    padding: 0 1em;
    width: 5em;       
    text-decoration: none;       
}
// :hover and :active styles left as an exercise for the reader.
</style>

<div class="my_content_container">
    <a href="/my/link/location/">Go to my link location</a>
</div>

This has the advantage of working everywhere and meaning what you most likely want it to mean.