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Problem with INPUT TYPE=button in JSP

 
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I have a JSP that contains a table within a form <FORM method="get"> and there is an INPUT type=submit that submits the data in the table fields to a java bean. What I am having trouble with is that I also want an INPUT TYPE=button within the table to allow me to open a new window to be able to control the formatting of data that gets edited into a specific field in the table. I cannot get the INPUT TYPE=button to do anything. I have tried calling a JAVASCRIPT function in the onClick property of the INPUT and have tried using the window.open(), but to no avail.
Any ideas on what I need to do to get the <INPUT TYPE=button ...> to work inside a FORM that already has a button defined to perform a method="get"?

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So what happens when you use the onClick attribute of the button? I've had no problems getting a JavaScript function invoked in this way.
A simple test:

(as usual, remove the underscore)
You might also want to get this moved to the HTML forum... nothing to do with JSP really.
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Thanks Bear. I tried just doing the alert('Hi') as you have in your example and that works. The problem must be something else.

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I've found in cases like this, Mozilla and its JavaScript Console are my best friends.
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