HTML button Tag

  • HTML <button> tag represents a clickable type press button. <button> tag is a container tag.

  • <button> tag use for submit a form information to server.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>HTML button tag</title>
</head>
<body>
  <button type="button">Click Here</button>
</body>
</html>

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<button> Tag Attributes

HTML <button> tag support following specific attributes.

Attributes Value Description
name text Specifies the name of the button, which is identify at the time of submitted.
type button
reset
submit 		Specify no default behavior at client side.
Specify the form data will initial values.
Specify the data submits to the server.
value value Specify the intial value of the button.

Following attributes are newly introduce in HTML5.

Attributes Value Description
autofocus autofocus
false		 Specifies boolean value that indicates <button> element should be automatically get focus when it load.
disabled disabled Specifies disabled value that indicates button should have disabled.
form form_id Specify one or more forms that associate with button element.
Following attributes use only form type="submit".
formaction url Specifies the url where the form information submitted.
formenctype application/x-www-form-urlencoded
multipart/form-data
text/plain 		Specifies the form data encoding before submit to server.
formmethod post
get 		Specifies the type of form data submit.
formnovalidate formnovalidate
boolean 		Specifies that form is not validated at the time of submit.
formtarget _self
_blank
_parent
_top 		This attribute indicating, where to display the form response that is received after submitting the form.

Global Attributes

HTML <button> tag support following global attributes.

Attributes Value Description
id unique_name Declared unique id for an element.
class class_name Declared one or more classnames for an element.
style styles CSS inline styles specify an element.
title title Specify extra details of element contain, this will display as a "tooltip" for an elements.

Event Attributes

HTML <button> tag support following event attributes.

Attributes Value Description
onfocus script element gets focus on object when script tobe run.
onblur script element lose the focus on object when scrip tobe run.
onabort script element gets aborted on object when script tobe run.
onchange script element gets anytime change on object when script tobe run.
onbeforeunload script element gets unloaded on object when scrip tobe run.
onclick script clicked on object when script tobe run.
ondblclick script double click on object when script tobe run.
onkeydown script key is pressed when script tobe run.
onkeypress script key is pressed over element then released when script tobe run.
onkeyup script key is released over element when script tobe run.
onmousedown script mouse button was pressed over an element when script tobe run.
onmouseout script mouse pointer release over an element when script tobe run.
onmousemove script run mouse pointer moved when script tobe run.
onmouseover script run mouse pointer move over when script tobe run.
onmouseup script mouse button is released when script tobe run.
onreset script form has been reset when script tobe run.
onselect script Select some content when script tobe run.
onsubmit script form has been submitted when script tobe run.
onload script object has load when script tobe run.
onchange script allow to change the object when script tobe run.
onunload script unload to the browser window when script tobe run.
ondrag script element being dragged when script tobe run.
ondragend script element being stop dragged when script tobe run.
ondragenter script element being go target dragged when script tobe run.
ondragleave script element being leave to target dragged when script tobe run.
ondragover script element being over to target dragged when script tobe run.
ondragstart script element being start dragged when script tobe run.
ondrop script element being dropped when script tobe run.
onerror script element error occurs when script tobe run.
onmessage script element message display when script tobe run.
onerror script element error occurs when script tobe run.
onmousewheel script mouse wheel will be rotate when script tobe run.
onscroll script scrollbar is scroll when script tobe run.
onresize script element should be resize when script tobe run.
onselect script all element content selected when script tobe run.
onstorage script element should be store in target when script tobe run.

Browser Compatibility

  • Google Chrome
    Yes
  • Mozilla Firefox
    Yes
  • Microsoft Edge
    Yes
  • Opera
    Yes
  • Safari
    Yes