Submitter Specification Property

Name

http://lynx-json.org/submitter

Meaning

The submitter property of a specification identifies another value that is the submitter for the element.

Format Rules

• The submitter property is OPTIONAL. If present, its value MUST be the property name of the value that submits form data for the value being described by the specification.
• The property referenced by the submitter property SHOULD be described by a submit hint.

Example

{
  "label": "What did you think of the movie?",
  "comments": null,
  "dislike": {
    "method": "POST",
    "action": "/dislike/comments"
  },
  "like": {
    "method": "POST",
    "action": "/like/comments"
  },
  "spec":{
    "hints": [ "form" ],
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "label",
        "hints": [ "label", "text" ]
      },
      {
        "name": "comments",
        "hints": [ "text" ],
        "input": true,
        "labeledBy": "label",
        "submitter": "like"
      },
      {
        "name": "dislike",
        "hints": [ "submit" ]
      },
      {
        "name": "like",
        "hints": [ "submit" ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authoring Rules

None

Authoring Considerations

None

User Agent Rules

• When finding the value identified by the submitter property, the user agent MUST use the process for finding values and invoke the value's control.

User Agent Considerations

None