Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax, 2nd Edition

Chapter 4 ■ HTML and JavaScript
4. If it is the case, create a new link with a text node.
5. Set the node value of the text node to the value of the INPUT element.
6. Set the href of the link to javascript:document.forms[0].submit(), which allows you to
submit the form when you click on the link.
7. Replace the input element with the link.
■ ■Note Setting the href attribute to the javascript: construct is not the cleanest way of doing this. In the next
chapter, you’ll learn about event handlers—a much better way to achieve this solution.
In code, this could be
Example: Submit buttons to links
Name:
function submitToLinks()
{
var inputs,i,newLink,newText;
inputs=document.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (i=0;i