HTML5: button type=submit – submit button

HTML 5: The Markup Language (ARIA Edition)

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button type=submit – submit button # T

The button element with a type attribute whose value is "submit" represents a button for submitting a form.

Content model #

button.submit = (normal-character-data & common.elem.flow *) & button.submit.attrs

Attribute model #

button.submit.attrs = (common.attrs & name ? & disabled ? & form ? & type ? & value ?) & (formaction ? & autofocus ? & formenctype ? & formmethod ? & formtarget ? & formnovalidate ?)

Element-specific attributes #

type = "submit": Specifies that its button element is a button for submitting a form.
value = string: The value part of the name/value pair associated with this button for the purposes of form submission.

Assertions #

The interactive element “button” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “button” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
Any “button” descendant of a “label” element with a “for” attribute must have an ID value that matches that “for” attribute.

Tag omission #

A button element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.phrasing

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