Gets the classification and default behavior of the button.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT TYPE = sType... >
Scripting	[ sType = ] object.type

Possible Values

sType

String that receives one of the following values. button Default. Creates a Command button. reset Creates a Reset button. If the button is in a form, it resets the fields in the form to their initial values. submit Creates a Submit button. If the button is in a form, it submits the form.

The property is read-only. The property has a default value of button.

Remarks

A Submit button has the same default behavior as a button created by using the submit type with the input object. If the ENTER key is pressed while a user is viewing a form that contains a Submit button, the form is submitted. This default behavior of a Submit button is indicated by a border surrounding the button. The border appears when any control in the form receives the focus, other than another button. If the Submit button has a name property, the button contributes a name/value pair to the submitted data.

  Internet Explorer 8 and later. The default value of this attribute depends on the current document compatibility mode. In IE8 mode, the default value is submit. In other compatibility modes and earlier versions of Internet Explorer, the default value is button.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

BUTTON, HTMLButtonElement Constructor