Tag Description

The button tag is used to define a push button.

This tag has the form:

<button
  name="string"
  type="{ button | reset | submit }"
  value="text">
</button>

HTML5 and HTML4.01 Differences

None.

HTML5

= New for HTML5

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
autofocusHTML5	autofocus	Makes the button focused on page load
disabled	disabled	Specifies that the button should be disabled
formHTML5	form_id	Defines one ore more forms the button belongs to
formactionHTML5	URL	Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted (overrides the form's action attribute)
formenctypeHTML5	application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain	Specifies how form-data should be encoded before sending it to a server (overrides the form's enctype attribute)
formmethodHTML5	get post put delete	Specifies how to send form-data (overrides the form's action attribute)
formnovalidateHTML5	formnovalidate	If present, indicates that the form should not be validated when submitted (overrides the form's novalidate attribute)
formtargetHTML5	_blank _self _parent _top framename	Specifies where to open the action URL (overrides the forms target attribute) blank - the target URL will open in a new window _self - the target URL will open in the same frame as it was clicked _parent - the target URL will open in the parent frameset _top - the target URL will open in the full body of the window
name	name	Specifies the name for the button
type	button reset submit	Specifies the type of the button Note: If the type is not specified, IE will default to "button" whereas other browsers default to "submit".
value	text	Specifies the underlying value of the button

Global Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Global Attributes.

Event Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Event Attributes.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this tag:

<button type="button">
  Click this Button
</button>

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Safari	Opera

Doctype Declaration Support

The following table lists the doctype declarations this element may appear in:

HTML4.01 / XHTML1.0			XHTML 1.1	HTML 5
Traditional	Strict	Frameset

Miscellaneous Information

Defined In:	HTML4
Empty Tag:	No