I have to use a submit button to submit one of my forms on a website. Is it possible to use the <button> element as a submit button? Do I also add the type="submit" attribute to the <button> element? i.e.
<button type="submit">Go</button>
Yes, it's possible!
In fact, the <button>'s default behavior is to act as a submit button, so:
<button>Go</button>
Will do what you expect it to! Buttons are also slightly easier to style, and you can keep them consistent with other types of buttons without adding extra rules or selectors in your CSS.
It's worth noting that IE 7 and 6 have some pretty horrible bugs when using <button value="whatever">Something Else</button>. If you want lower IE compatibility and to use the value= attribute, don't use <button>
Following are also 2 types to submit forms
<input type="submit">
The following script
<script>
function SubmitFunction()
{
document.getElementById("formid").submit();
}
</script>
<form id="formid" action="abc.php">
<input type="button" onclick="SubmitFunction()" value="Submit">
</form>
yes
You can use but I have heard that If you use the <button> element in an HTML form,
different browsers may submit different values. Use <input> to create buttons in an HTML form.
Related
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Difference between <input type='button' /> and <input type='submit' />
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input type="submit" and button tag are they interchangeable? or if there is any difference then When to use input type="submit" and when button ?
And if there is no difference then why we have 2 tags for same purpose?
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.5
Buttons created with the BUTTON element function just like buttons created with the INPUT element, but they offer richer rendering possibilities: the BUTTON element may have content. For example, a BUTTON element that contains an image functions like and may resemble an INPUT element whose type is set to "image", but the BUTTON element type allows content.
So for functionality only they're interchangeable!
(Don't forget, type="submit" is the default with button, so leave it off!)
The <input type="button" /> is just a button and won't do anything by itself.
The <input type="submit" />, when inside a form element, will submit the form when clicked.
Another useful 'special' button is the <input type="reset" /> that will clear the form.
Although both elements deliver functionally the same result *, I strongly recommend you use <button>:
Far more explicit and readable. input suggests that the control is editable, or can be edited by the user; button is far more explicit in terms of the purpose it serves
Easier to style in CSS; as mentioned above, FIrefox and IE have quirks in which input[type="submit"] do not display correctly in some cases
Predictable requests: IE has verying behaviours when values are submitted in the POST/GET request to the server
Markup-friendly; you can nest items, for example, icons, inside the button.
HTML5, forward-thinking; as developers, it is our responsibility to adopt to the new spec once it is officialized. HTML5, as of right now, has been official for over one year now, and has been shown in many cases to boost SEO.
* With the exception of <button type="button"> which by default has no specified behaviour.
In summary, I highly discourage use of <input type="submit"/>.
Use <button> tag instead of <input type="button"..>. It is the advised practice in bootstrap 3.
http://getbootstrap.com/css/#buttons-tags
"Cross-browser rendering
As a best practice, we highly recommend using the <button> element
whenever possible to ensure matching cross-browser rendering.
Among other things, there's a Firefox bug that prevents us from
setting the line-height of <input>-based buttons, causing them to not
exactly match the height of other buttons on Firefox."
<input type='submit' /> doesn't support HTML inside of it, since it's a single self-closing tag. <button>, on the other hand, supports HTML, images, etc. inside because it's a tag pair: <button><img src='myimage.gif' /></button>. <button> is also more flexible when it comes to CSS styling.
The disadvantage of <button> is that it's not fully supported by older browsers. IE6/7, for example, don't display it correctly.
Unless you have some specific reason, it's probably best to stick to <input type='submit' />.
I realize this is an old question but I found this on mozilla.org and think it applies.
A button can be of three types: submit, reset, or button. A click on a
submit button sends the form's data to the web page defined by the
action attribute of the element. A click on a reset button
resets all the form widgets to their default value immediately. From a
UX point of view, this is considered bad practice. A click on a button
button does... nothing! That sounds silly, but it's amazingly useful
to build custom buttons with JavaScript.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Forms/My_first_HTML_form#And_a_<button>_to_finish
<button> is newer than <input type="submit">, is more semantic, easy to stylize and support HTML inside of it.
While the other answers are great and answer the question there is one thing to consider when using input type="submit" and button. With an input type="submit" you cannot use a CSS pseudo element on the input but you can for a button!
This is one reason to use a button element over an input when it comes to styling.
I don't know if this is a bug or a feature, but there is very important (for some cases at least) difference I found: <input type="submit"> creates key value pair in your request and <button type="submit"> doesn't. Tested in Chrome and Safari.
So when you have multiple submit buttons in your form and want to know which one was clicked - do not use button, use input type="submit" instead.
If you are talking about <input type=button>, it won't automatically submit the form
if you are talking about the <button> tag, that's newer and doesn't automatically submit in all browsers.
Bottom line, if you want the form to submit on click in all browsers, use <input type="submit">
This question already has answers here:
Difference between <input type='button' /> and <input type='submit' />
(4 answers)
Closed 1 year ago.
input type="submit" and button tag are they interchangeable? or if there is any difference then When to use input type="submit" and when button ?
And if there is no difference then why we have 2 tags for same purpose?
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.5
Buttons created with the BUTTON element function just like buttons created with the INPUT element, but they offer richer rendering possibilities: the BUTTON element may have content. For example, a BUTTON element that contains an image functions like and may resemble an INPUT element whose type is set to "image", but the BUTTON element type allows content.
So for functionality only they're interchangeable!
(Don't forget, type="submit" is the default with button, so leave it off!)
The <input type="button" /> is just a button and won't do anything by itself.
The <input type="submit" />, when inside a form element, will submit the form when clicked.
Another useful 'special' button is the <input type="reset" /> that will clear the form.
Although both elements deliver functionally the same result *, I strongly recommend you use <button>:
Far more explicit and readable. input suggests that the control is editable, or can be edited by the user; button is far more explicit in terms of the purpose it serves
Easier to style in CSS; as mentioned above, FIrefox and IE have quirks in which input[type="submit"] do not display correctly in some cases
Predictable requests: IE has verying behaviours when values are submitted in the POST/GET request to the server
Markup-friendly; you can nest items, for example, icons, inside the button.
HTML5, forward-thinking; as developers, it is our responsibility to adopt to the new spec once it is officialized. HTML5, as of right now, has been official for over one year now, and has been shown in many cases to boost SEO.
* With the exception of <button type="button"> which by default has no specified behaviour.
In summary, I highly discourage use of <input type="submit"/>.
Use <button> tag instead of <input type="button"..>. It is the advised practice in bootstrap 3.
http://getbootstrap.com/css/#buttons-tags
"Cross-browser rendering
As a best practice, we highly recommend using the <button> element
whenever possible to ensure matching cross-browser rendering.
Among other things, there's a Firefox bug that prevents us from
setting the line-height of <input>-based buttons, causing them to not
exactly match the height of other buttons on Firefox."
<input type='submit' /> doesn't support HTML inside of it, since it's a single self-closing tag. <button>, on the other hand, supports HTML, images, etc. inside because it's a tag pair: <button><img src='myimage.gif' /></button>. <button> is also more flexible when it comes to CSS styling.
The disadvantage of <button> is that it's not fully supported by older browsers. IE6/7, for example, don't display it correctly.
Unless you have some specific reason, it's probably best to stick to <input type='submit' />.
I realize this is an old question but I found this on mozilla.org and think it applies.
A button can be of three types: submit, reset, or button. A click on a
submit button sends the form's data to the web page defined by the
action attribute of the element. A click on a reset button
resets all the form widgets to their default value immediately. From a
UX point of view, this is considered bad practice. A click on a button
button does... nothing! That sounds silly, but it's amazingly useful
to build custom buttons with JavaScript.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Forms/My_first_HTML_form#And_a_<button>_to_finish
<button> is newer than <input type="submit">, is more semantic, easy to stylize and support HTML inside of it.
While the other answers are great and answer the question there is one thing to consider when using input type="submit" and button. With an input type="submit" you cannot use a CSS pseudo element on the input but you can for a button!
This is one reason to use a button element over an input when it comes to styling.
I don't know if this is a bug or a feature, but there is very important (for some cases at least) difference I found: <input type="submit"> creates key value pair in your request and <button type="submit"> doesn't. Tested in Chrome and Safari.
So when you have multiple submit buttons in your form and want to know which one was clicked - do not use button, use input type="submit" instead.
If you are talking about <input type=button>, it won't automatically submit the form
if you are talking about the <button> tag, that's newer and doesn't automatically submit in all browsers.
Bottom line, if you want the form to submit on click in all browsers, use <input type="submit">
i am using this plain html code inside an aspx page. it renders well, but when clicked it submits / reloads the page. i dont want anything to be done on click of this button. whats d issue
<button>
btn1</button>
<button>
btn2</button>
It'll default to type=submit if no type is explicitly given.
You want to put
<button type="button">btn1</button>
Not sure if by pure html you can do so however this way you can black the default submit behaviour:
<button id="a" onclick="return false;">button</button>
Don't use <button>. Use <input> instead:
<input type="button" id="btn1" />
Also, worth noting (from http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp):
If you use the button element in an
HTML form, different browsers will
submit different values. Internet
Explorer will submit the text between
the <button> and </button> tags, while
other browsers will submit the content
of the value attribute. Use the input
element to create buttons in an HTML
form.
There are many legends about them. I want to know the truth. What are the differences between the two following examples?
<input type='submit' value='text' />
<button type='submit'>text</button>
Not sure where you get your legends from but:
Submit button with <button>
As with:
<button type="submit">(html content)</button>
IE6 will submit all text for this button between the tags, other browsers will only submit the value. Using <button> gives you more layout freedom over the design of the button. In all its intents and purposes, it seemed excellent at first, but various browser quirks make it hard to use at times.
In your example, IE6 will send text to the server, while most other browsers will send nothing. To make it cross-browser compatible, use <button type="submit" value="text">text</button>. Better yet: don't use the value, because if you add HTML it becomes rather tricky what is received on server side. Instead, if you must send an extra value, use a hidden field.
Button with <input>
As with:
<input type="button" />
By default, this does next to nothing. It will not even submit your form. You can only place text on the button and give it a size and a border by means of CSS. Its original (and current) intent was to execute a script without the need to submit the form to the server.
Normal submit button with <input>
As with:
<input type="submit" />
Like the former, but actually submits the surrounding form.
Image submit button with <input>
As with:
<input type="image" />
Like the former (submit), it will also submit a form, but you can use any image. This used to be the preferred way to use images as buttons when a form needed submitting. For more control, <button> is now used. This can also be used for server side image maps but that's a rarity these days. When you use the usemap-attribute and (with or without that attribute), the browser will send the mouse-pointer X/Y coordinates to the server (more precisely, the mouse-pointer location inside the button of the moment you click it). If you just ignore these extras, it is nothing more than a submit button disguised as an image.
There are some subtle differences between browsers, but all will submit the value-attribute, except for the <button> tag as explained above.
With <button>, you can use img tags, etc. where text is
<button type='submit'> text -- can be img etc. </button>
with <input> type, you are limited to text
In summary :
<input type="submit">
<button type="submit"> Submit </button>
Both by default will visually draw a button that performs the same action (submit the form).
However, it is recommended to use <button type="submit"> because it has better semantics, better ARIA support and it is easier to style.
I have ASP.Net code generating my button's HTML for me using divs to get it to look and behave how I want. This question is regarding the HTML produced by the ASP.Net code.
A standard button is easy, just set the onClick event of the div to change the page location:
<div name="mybutton" id="mybutton" class="customButton" onClick="javascript:document.location.href='wherever.html';">
Button Text
</div>
This works great, however, if I want a button like this to submit the form in which it resides, I would have imagined something like below:
<form action="whatever.html" method="post">
<div name="mysubmitbutton" id="mysubmitbutton" class="customButton" onClick="javascript:this.form.submit();">
Button Text
</div>
</form>
However, that does not work :( Does anyone have any sparkling ideas?
onClick="javascript:this.form.submit();">
this in div onclick don't have attribute form, you may try this.parentNode.submit() or document.forms[0].submit() will do
Also, onClick, should be onclick, some browsers don't work with onClick
Are you aware of <button> elements? <button> elements can be styled just like <div> elements and can have type="submit" so they submit the form without javascript:
<form action="whatever.html" method="post">
<button name="mysubmitbutton" id="mysubmitbutton" type="submit" class="customButton">
Button Text
</button>
</form>
Using a <button> is also more semantic, whereas <div> is very generic. You get the following benefits for free:
JavaScript is not necessary to submit the form
Accessibility tools, e.g. screen readers, will (correctly) treat it as a button and not part of the normal text flow
<button type="submit"> becomes a "default" button, which means the return key will automatically submit the form. You can't do this with a <div>, you'd have to add a separate keydown handler to the <form> element.
There's one (non-) caveat: a <button> can only have phrasing content, though it's unlikely anyone would need any other type of content when using the element to submit a form.
To keep the scripting in one place rather than using onClick in the HTML tag, add the following code to your script block:
$('#id-of-the-button').click(function() {document.forms[0].submit()});
Which assumes you just have the one form on the page.
Why does everyone have to complicate things. Just use jQuery!
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#divID').click(function(){
$('#formID').submit();
)};
$('#submitID').hide();
)};
</script>
<form name="whatever" method="post" action="somefile.php" id="formID">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="somevalue" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" id="submitID" />
</form>
<div id="divID">Click Me to Submit</div>
The div doesn't even have to be in the form to submit it. The only thing that is missing here is the include of jquery.js.
Also, there is a Submit button that is hidden by jQuery, so if a non compatible browser is used, the submit button will show and allow the user to submit the form.
A couple of things to note:
Non-JavaScript enabled clients won't be able to submit your form
The w3c specification does not allow nested forms in HTML - you'll potentially find that the action and method tags are ignored for this form in modern browsers, and that other ASP.NET controls no longer post-back correctly (as their form has been closed).
If you want it to be treated as a proper ASP.NET postback, you can call the methods supplied by the framework, namely __doPostBack(eventTarget, eventArgument):
<div name="mysubmitbutton" id="mysubmitbutton" class="customButton"
onclick="javascript:__doPostBack('<%=mysubmitbutton.ClientID %>', 'MyCustomArgument');">
Button Text
</div>
You have the button tag
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp
<button>What ever you want</button>