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Specifies a container for rich HTML that is rendered as a button.

HTML 4, 4.01, 5

HTML Syntax

<button
   accesskey = string
   class = classname
   datafld = colname
   dataformatas = html | text
   datasrc = #id
   disabled
   id = value
   name = name
   style = css properties
   title = text
   type = button | reset | submit
   value = value
   event = script
>

The BUTTON element creates buttons which function like buttons created with the INPUT element, but offer richer rendering possibilities. The BUTTON element may have content.

The type attribute specifies the visual appearance and default behavior of the button.

Though BUTTON can contain images, it is not valid to associate an image map with an IMG that appears as the contents of a BUTTON element.

Conforming browsers typically render BUTTON with relief and an up/down motion when clicked.

When the BUTTON object is submitted in a form, Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 5 and later submits the value, if it exists. Otherwise, the innerText is submitted. In Microsoft Internet Explorer^® 4, only the innerText value is submitted.

BUTTON Members

The following example shows submit and reset buttons done with BUTTON instead of INPUT.

Below is the HTML fragment for the sample above.

<form>
<table>
...
<tr>
<td><button type="submit"
   style="background:#036;color:gold;font:bold">
   Send</button></td>
<td><button type="reset"
   style="background:#800;color:gold;font:bold">
   Reset</button></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

INPUT