Menu
I am trying to make two hyperlinked buttons go side by side. I saw this question but can not make the answers work. Below are my two attempts to make the buttons go side by side. The first attempt works but hyperlinks to the wrong location. The second one hyperlinks correctly but is not side by side. The third based on this question doesn't link anywhere but I think that has to do with using links instead of Javascript:submitRequests().
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<head>
<style>
.container {
overflow: hidden;
}
button {
float: left;
}
button:first-child {
margin-right: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/paste2.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="paste2">
</form>
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/colSplit.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="colSplit">
</form>
Attempt 1
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/paste2.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="paste2">
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/colSplit.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="colSplit">
</form>
</form>
Attempt 2
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/paste2.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="paste2">
</form><form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/colSplit.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="colSplit">
</form>
Attempt 3
<div class="container">
<button onclick="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/paste2.html">paste2</button>
<button onclick="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/colSplit.html">colSplit</button> text
</div>
</body>
</html>
672
If you have multiple buttons that should sit side-by-side on the same line, add the data-inline="true" attribute to each button. This will style the buttons to be the width of their content and float the buttons so they sit on the same line.
How do I align two buttons to the right in HTML? If you want to move the button to the right, you can also place the button within a <div> element and add the text-align property with its "right" value to the "align-right" class of the <div>.
Let's learn the steps of performing multiple actions with multiple buttons in a single HTML form: Create a form with method 'post' and set the value of the action attribute to a default URL where you want to send the form data. Create the input fields inside the as per your concern. Create a button with type submit.
If you just need plain links to work, just use links and style them to look like buttons (see also Styling an anchor tag to look like a submit button):
<style>
.button {
appearance: button;
-moz-appearance: button;
-webkit-appearance: button;
text-decoration: none;
font: menu;
color: ButtonText;
display: inline-block;
padding: 2px 8px;
}
</style>
<div class="container">
<a href="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/paste2.html" class="button">paste2</a>
<a href="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/colSplit.html" class="button">colSplit</a> text
</div>
You could also do <a href="..."><button>paste2</button></a> but this is not actually legal HTML5. FWIW, Firefox does seem to render it correctly though.
64
buttons would line up side by side automatically since they're display: inline-block by default (I think). I'd remove the float: left since it could be causing some issues when nesting.
You should never nest forms. It'll lead to some really screwy things.
However, if you want two forms side by side you can make them do that by adding display: inline to them. Here's a small demo: http://jsbin.com/UgaMiYu/1/edit
The onclick attribute should't make any difference at all.
2
I just tried to add css to attempt 2. how about this:
HTML:
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/paste2.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="paste2"/></form>
<form action="http://trinker.github.io/qdap_dev/colSplit.html" target="_blank">
<input type="submit" value="colSplit"/>
</form>
CSS:
form{
float:left;
}
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/uzDZN/
NOTE: Add class to form which has this buttons. Otherwise css may effect other form elements in website.
2
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
