Quick Reference
The <button> tag defines a clickable button. It’s mostly used inside of the <form> tag to send the form or reset it, but can be used as a stand-alone link.
<form>
<button name="button" value="Okay" type="submit">Send</button>
</form><button type="button">Click Me!</button>Attributes
The following attributes can be used within the <button> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| autofocus | autofocus | Specifies that a button should automatically get focus when the page loads |
| disabled | disabled | Specifies that a button should be disabled |
| form | form_id | Specifies which form the button belongs to |
| formaction | URL | Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted (only for type="submit") |
| formenctype | application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain | Specifies how form-data should be encoded before sending it to a server (only for type="submit") |
| formmethod | get post | Specifies how to send the form-data (only for type="submit") |
| formnovalidate | formnovalidate | Specifies that the form-data should not be validated on submission (only for type="submit") |
| formtarget | _blank _self _parent _top framename | Specifies where to display the response after submitting the form (only for type="submit") |
| name | name | Specifies a name for the button |
| type | button reset submit | Specifies the type of button |
| value | text | Specifies an initial value for the button |
HTML Notes:
- In our HTML section the term “tag” and “element” are often used interchangeably to refer to both the tag used to create a page element and the element created by the tag (<p> tag = <p> element = paragraph on the page)
- HTML5 is not case sensitive; so <P> is the same as <p>, <H1> is the same as <h1>
- Global attributes can be used with all HTML tags and are therefore not mentioned on every tag page
- To write clean, readable HTML code, it is best to use indentation whereas elements within elements are indented (tabbed or spaces) to create something that looks like a project outline
- The browser will automatically remove any extra spaces and lines in your HTML code when the page is displayed
- Double quotes or single quotes can be used around HTML attribute values, but when the attribute value itself contains one form of quote, it will be necessary to use the other around the attribute
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