button type=submit – submit button

Permitted contents #

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & name & disabled & form & type & value & formaction & autofocus & formenctype & formmethod & formtarget & formnovalidate

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 = "submit" #

Specifies that its button element is a button for submitting a form.

value = string #

The value part of the name/value pair associated with this button for the purposes of form submission.

formaction = URL potentially surrounded by spaces NEW #

The form-submission action for the element.

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.

formenctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" or "multipart/form-data" or "text/plain" NEW #

A MIME type with which a UA is meant to associate this element for form submission.

formmethod = "get" or "post" NEW #

The HTTP method with which a UA is meant to associate this element for form submission.

formtarget = browsing-context name or keyword NEW #

A browsing context name or keyword that represents the target of the control.

Any string that is either of the following:

a browsing-context name
any case-insensitive match for one of the following literal strings: "_blank", "_self", "_parent", or "_top".

formnovalidate = "formnovalidate" or "" (empty string) or empty NEW #

Specifies that the element represents a control whose value is not meant to be validated during form submission.

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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