title: LinkButton not firing ASP.NET validators
body: <p>I have a form that currently uses an  control to submit a form. Everything works perfectly. So now the new requirement is for the "submit' button to be a link. Changing it to a LinkButton control, without changing a SINGLE other thing, breaks the validation.</p>
  
  <p>There is a bit too much code to post in a SO question and I know there's a bit of a lack of detail here, but is there any reason why a LinkButton wouldn't fire ASP.NET validation the same way a Button control would? In theory, they should both operate exactly the same, no?</p>
  
  <p>The current submit button:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" TabIndex="9" Text="Send" ValidationGroup="Forward" runat="server" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The new submit button:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;asp:LinkButton ID="btnSubmit" TabIndex="9" Text="Send" ValidationGroup="Forward" runat="server" /&gt;
  </code></pre>