HTMLButtonElement object

Implements the document object model (DOM) representation of the button element.

DOM Information

HTMLButtonElement

The HTMLButtonElement object has these types of members:

The HTMLButtonElement object has these methods.

Method	Description
checkValidity	Returns whether a form will validate when it is submitted, without having to submit it.
setCustomValidity	Sets a custom error message that is displayed when a form is submitted.

The HTMLButtonElement object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
autofocus	Read/write	Provides a way to direct a user to a specific field when a document loads.
formAction	Read/write	Overrides the action attribute (where the data on a form is sent) on the parent form element.
formEnctype	Read/write	Used to override the encoding (formEnctype attribute) specified on the form element.
formMethod	Read/write	Overrides the submit method attribute previously specified on a form element.
formNoValidate	Read/write	Overrides any validation or required attributes on a form or form elements to allow it to be submitted without validation.
formTarget	Read/write	Overrides the target attribute on a form element.
validationMessage	Read-only	Returns the error message that would be displayed if the user submits the form, or an empty string if no error message.
validity	Read-only	Returns a ValidityState object that represents the validity states of an element.
willValidate	Read-only	Returns whether an element will successfully validate based on forms validation rules and constraints.