Hey all,

I don't know if this has anything to do with Umbraco, or if this is an 'undocumented feature' from some other area, but I thought I would let the community know about this interesting situation:

I have a masterpage that uses an <asp:LoginView> with the standard <asp:LoginStatus> as part of the <LoggedInTemplate> section in order to facilitate users logging in and out

<asp:LoginView ID="LoginViewMaster" runat="server">
    <AnonymousTemplate>
      Guest! [ <a id="loginLink" name="loginLink" class="modalInput" rel="#login" style="cursor:pointer" >Login</a> ] [ <a id="registerLink" name="registerLink" class="modalInput" rel="#register" style="cursor:pointer" >Register</a> ]
       <div class="modal" id="login">
           <asp:Login ID="Login1" runat="server"></asp:Login>
     </div>
       <div class="modal" id="register">
            <asp:CreateUserWizard ID="CreateUserWizard1" runat="server">
             <WizardSteps>
                    <asp:CreateUserWizardStep runat="server" />
                  <asp:CompleteWizardStep runat="server" />
                </WizardSteps>
           </asp:CreateUserWizard>
      </div>
   </AnonymousTemplate>
 <LoggedInTemplate>
       <umbraco:Macro Alias="LoginAreaLeft" runat="server" />
       <asp:LoginStatus ID="LoginStatus1" runat="server" />
     <umbraco:Macro Alias="LoginAreaRight" runat="server" />                </LoggedInTemplate>
</asp:LoginView>

This all occurs in the header section of the master template, as you commonly see on webpages.  On a child template of that master template I have a macro that creates a complex form which makes use of standard HTML <input> controls. On that form, there is a button sitting at the bottom unused (still developing the form) that just happens to look like this:

<input name="submit" class="buttonFooter" type="button" value="Submit" />

(In this form, 'submitting' the form simply indicates it is ready for processing, whereas 'saving' the form, accomplished through another button, is what is doing the Post) Now, I haven't gotten to dealing with the submit button yet, so it was just hanging out down there, not doing any harm, or so I thought.  What I found though, is that the 'Logout' action via the <asp:LoginStatus> would not work on this one particular page.  After a rigurous search through my code, I discovered that if I change the name of the button to anything besides 'submit', problem solved, but as long as there was a control of type="button" and with a name="submit" you could not log out while on that page through the <asp:LoginStatus> control.

Because I am still learning .NET, I am not certain what the root cause of this behavior is, but Umbraco does not seem likely to be at fault. Regardless, I though I should share with the community and see if someone with more expierence/knowledge could shed some light on the situation.

Cheers!

- Josh