yep, you can.  i would probably also add the submit function to the
javascript, although if you have a lot of users who browse with javascript
turned off, you might not want to...

function hideSubmit() {
  // need a browser sniffer for this one (not included here)
  if(ie) { 
    document.all.yourDiv.style.visibility = 'hidden';
    document.all.yourForm.submit();
  }

  if(nn) {
    document.yourDiv.visibility = 'hide';
    document.yourForm.submit();
}

if you add the submit to the function, you'll need to have your button just
be a button with an onclick (instead of having type="submit", have
type="Button")

e.g., <input type="Button" onClick="hideSubmit()" value="click me!  click
me!!">

i haven't actually tested this all out, but it should be pretty close...  

hth, 
rebecca
http://www.nerdygirl.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Taylor [mailto:lonewolf(at)one.net]
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 6:50 AM
To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Subject: Hiding and unhiding the submit button


Does anyone know if it's possible to use <DIV> tags and a little
JavaScript to hide and unhide a submit button when an OnClick event
occurs?  

For example, I'm hoping to hide the submit button when a user clicks on
it, hopefully eliminating multiple submissions by over-anxious visitors.

Thanks.

Mike Taylor
lonewolf(at)one.net
http://w3.one.net/~lonewolf/

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