Button in region's items - submit

I create a button using "Create a button displayed among this region's items"
with style = image.
I want to call javascript from this button and i am able to do that.. but then it submits also. I check the source and there is a html code for submit. Is there someway not to have this submit.
I think thats a very small problem, but i dont see any option for submitting and not submitting.
Thanks in advance.
prashant
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Prashant

Hi,
I tried to exclude the Button Request Value but it is required.
Vikas had a great post:
Re: Javascript  button code
it shows to hardcode a button in the POST ELEMENT TEXT of a previos item.
Thanks for the post, Bill

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