# custom submit button

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [December 1, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289 "2008-12-01T13:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/hugh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/1 "2008-12-01T13:30:32Z")

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I’m sure I’ve seen this before but can’t find it in the manual…

I want a custom ‘submit’ button for a form. I think you select the item and then used ‘extended’ to source the image…??

Unfortunately, I can’t remember how to write the extended code correctly to use the custom image. is it something like img-source=‘submitbutton.gif’…??

Hugh

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**Author:** ![waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/user_avatar/discourse.softpress.com/waltd/32/2720_2.png) [@waltd](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/waltd)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/2 "2008-12-01T13:40:25Z")

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On Dec 1, 2008, at 8:30 AM, hugh wrote:

> I’m sure I’ve seen this before but can’t find it in the manual…
> 
> I want a custom ‘submit’ button for a form. I think you select the  
> item and then used ‘extended’ to source the image…??
> 
> Unfortunately, I can’t remember how to write the extended code  
> correctly to use the custom image. is it something like img-  
> source=‘submitbutton.gif’…?

It’s much simpler than that. All you do is draw an image on the page,  
then while it is selected, check the Submit checkbox in the Inspector.  
That turns it into the correct code, which is (for your reference)

```auto
<input type="image" src="Resources/your_button.gif"  
name="YourButtonName" value="YourButtonValue" />

```

Walter

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**Author:** ![hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/hugh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/3 "2008-12-01T14:18:47Z")

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Brilliant, thanks Walter!

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**Author:** ![hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/hugh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/4 "2008-12-01T16:01:18Z")

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Odd thing is…I made my graphic the same ‘height’ (20px) as the default submit button, but now when it displays it isn’t aligned with the input text box.

The graphic button shows ‘align bottom’, but there isn’t such an option for the default submit.

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**Author:** ![David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_McCallum)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/5 "2008-12-01T23:35:23Z")

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Put the text input and the Graphic submit into the cells of a table - I always find for forms that this method keeps different items aligned/together much better.

David

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**Author:** ![hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@hugh](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/hugh)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/6 "2008-12-02T11:52:43Z")

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Good idea - I agree with you, Dave, it does seem better behaved in tables.

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**Author:** ![Khashayar\_Ebrahimi](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@Khashayar\_Ebrahimi](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Khashayar_Ebrahimi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/7 "2011-11-28T16:47:15Z")

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…and what should I enter in the text box below the submit check box?

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**Author:** ![David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_McCallum)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/custom-submit-button/3289/8 "2011-11-28T19:51:23Z")

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Not really important - Submit would be the obvious choice.

David

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