The <button> element

A button which can be part of a form.

Full list of attributes

All the usual HTML global attributes are available

autofocus
Makes this button the default focused element on the page.
disabled
The button will be disabled if this attribute is present. It will not respond to clicks and will not contribute a value to the form data when the form is submitted.
form
Sets the ID of the <form> element which this button will be associated with. The default is just to use the element it's inside of.
formaction
Overrides the action attribute on the form's <form> element.
formenctype
Overrides the enctype attribute on the form's <form> element.
formmethod
Overrides the method attribute on the form's <form> element.
formnovalidate
Overrides the novalidate attribute on the form's <form> element.
formtarget
Overrides the target attribute on the form's <form> element.
menu
The ID of a <menu> element defining the popup menu to show when the type attribute is set to menu.
name
The name which will be used for any value generated by the button when the form is submitted.
type
What the button should do when it's pressed. Must be either submit, reset, button, or menu. If it's button then it won't actually do anything unless JavaScript code is used to give it some functionality.
value
The text that should be included with the form submission for this element.

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