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HTML <button> type="button"

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HTML <canvas>

An <button> tag with a type="button" attribute creates a clickable button.

These buttons are commonly used to execute JavaScript.

Example

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A <button> element of type button.
Clicking the button displays an alert box.

<button type="button" 
        onclick="alert('Calculations have been started!')">Start calculation</button>

Using button type="button"

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The <button type="button"> tag creates a clickable button.

Buttons of this type are mostly used to execute JavaScript functions.

The button can contain text, images, icons, and other elements.

Syntax

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<button type="button">...</button>

Browser support

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Here is when type="button" support started for each browser:

Chrome	1.0	Sep 2008
Firefox	1.0	Sep 2002
IE/Edge	1.0	Aug 1995
Opera	1.0	Jan 2006
Safari	1.0	Jan 2003

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Jack Poorte

Last updated on Sep 30, 2023