button element

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Description

The button element instructs the browser to provide a multipurpose button. The purpose of a button element is stated in its type attribute, which can take one of the following values: "submit", "reset" and "button". Depending on this value the behavior and attributes' availability of the element will vary.

In contrast with input buttons, the label of a button is capable of holding any number of non-interactive elements, instead of just text.

Descriptions, examples, attributes and other particular information can be found in the reference for each of the following types: