Posted by Martin John Brindle on 12/21/81 11:23

"Philip Ronan" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Martin John Brindle" wrote:
>
>> How can I make an ordinary html button behave like a checkbox? That is, I
>> need it to stay sunk if i click on it and then popup when clicked again?
>
> You can't. Otherwise it wouldn't be an ordinary HTML button.

By HTML "button", I'm referring to the element, or the "input button"
element, which has the appearance of the OS's button. In my case IE6.

>
> You could fake it with a scripted graphic element, but why bother?

Because I want a button that stays sunk when clicked. If I need to use
script, that's not a problem.


You'll only end up making your site frustrating and/or unusable. What
you're
> proposing is about as logical as making scrollbars that behave like pop-up
> menus.

I'm not writing a website...!

>
> If you want something that behaves like a checkbox, then use a checkbox.
>
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