button type=button – button with no additional semantics

button type=button – button with no additional semantics # T

The button element with a type attribute whose value is "button" represents a button with no additional semantics.

Permitted contents #

phrasing content

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & name & disabled & form & type★ & value & autofocus

global attributes: Any attributes permitted globally.
name = string #: The name part of the name/value pair associated with this element for the purposes of form submission.
disabled = "disabled" or "" (empty string) or empty #: Specifies that the element represents a disabled control.
form = ID reference NEW #: The value of the id attribute on the form with which to associate the element.
type = "button" #: Specifies that its button element is a button with no additional semantics.
value = string #: The value part of the name/value pair associated with this button for the purposes of form submission.
autofocus = "autofocus" or "" (empty string) or empty NEW #: Specifies that the element represents a control to which a UA is meant to give focus as soon as the document is loaded.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

The interactive element button must not appear as a descendant of the a element.
The interactive element button must not appear as a descendant of the button element.
Any button element descendant of a label element with a for attribute must have an ID value that matches that for attribute.

Tag omission #

A button element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain phrasing elements

DOM interface #

interface HTMLButtonElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute boolean autofocus;
           attribute boolean disabled;
  readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form;
           attribute DOMString formAction;
           attribute DOMString formEnctype;
           attribute DOMString formMethod;
           attribute DOMString formNoValidate;
           attribute DOMString formTarget;
           attribute DOMString name;
           attribute DOMString type;
           attribute DOMString value;

  readonly attribute boolean willValidate;
  readonly attribute ValidityState validity;
  readonly attribute DOMString validationMessage;
  boolean checkValidity();
  void setCustomValidity(in DOMString error);

  readonly attribute NodeList labels;
};

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