HTML · Forms and controls

button

A clickable control. Set type explicitly: submit inside a form, button everywhere else.

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Syntax

<button type="button">…</button>

Example

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<button type="button" onclick="this.textContent='Clicked!'">Click me</button>

Use a button for actions and a link for navigation. A div with a click handler is not a button.

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