Re: [Lynx-dev] can this be done?

[David Woolley]

On 10/12/2023 11:45, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Actually, it depends.
> there are some script buttons that if I type this, note the upper case,
> :SUBMIT
> The button can be submited, as if I had clicked on the button instead.

That's a special case.  In that case the button probably is part of a 
form and runs javacript which eventually submits the form. If it works 
fully, the javascript is probably only validating the form, although 
there is still a risk that they fail to validate at the server and you 
end up with GIGO.

HTML5 buttons don't have to be part of a form, and the form that 
actually gets submitted may contain hidden fields derived from, or 
replacing the user entered field.  The form might not even be sent to 
the server, but processed locally, which is sometimes a good thing, as 
there are sites that process sensitive data, like DNA callouts, purely 
within the browser, which is something that Lynx cannot do.