HTMLButtonElement
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLButtonElement
interface provides properties and methods (beyond the regular HTMLElement
interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating <button>
elements.
Instance properties
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement
.
-
A boolean value indicating whether or not the control is disabled, meaning that it does not accept any clicks.
-
An
HTMLFormElement
reflecting the form that this button is associated with. If the button is a descendant of a form element, then this attribute is a reference to that form's associatedHTMLFormElement
. If the button is not a descendant of a form element, then the attribute can be a reference to anyHTMLFormElement
element in the same document it is related to, or thenull
value if none matches. -
A string reflecting the URI of a resource that processes information submitted by the button. If specified, this attribute overrides the
action
attribute of the<form>
element that owns this element. -
A string reflecting the type of content that is used to submit the form to the server. If specified, this attribute overrides the
enctype
attribute of the<form>
element that owns this element. -
A string reflecting the HTTP method that the browser uses to submit the form. If specified, this attribute overrides the
method
attribute of the<form>
element that owns this element. -
A boolean value indicating that the form is not to be validated when it is submitted. If specified, this attribute overrides the
novalidate
attribute of the<form>
element that owns this element. -
A string reflecting a name or keyword indicating where to display the response received after submitting the form. If specified, this attribute overrides the
target
attribute of the<form>
element that owns this element. -
A
NodeList
that represents a list of<label>
elements that are labels for this button. -
A string representing the object's name when submitted with a form. If specified, it must not be the empty string.
-
Gets and sets the action to be performed (
"hide"
,"show"
, or"toggle"
) on a popover element being controlled by a control button. It reflects the value of thepopovertargetaction
HTML attribute. -
Gets and sets the popover element to control via a button. The JavaScript equivalent of the
popovertarget
HTML attribute. -
A string indicating the behavior of the button. This is an enumerated attribute with the following possible values:
submit
: The button submits the form. This is the default value if the attribute is not specified, or if it is dynamically changed to an empty or invalid value.reset
: The button resets the form.button
: The button does nothing.menu
: The button displays a menu. Experimental
-
A boolean value indicating whether the button is a candidate for constraint validation. It is
false
if any conditions bar it from constraint validation, including: itstype
property isreset
orbutton
; it has a<datalist>
ancestor; or thedisabled
property is set totrue
. -
A string representing the localized message that describes the validation constraints that the control does not satisfy (if any). This attribute is the empty string if the control is not a candidate for constraint validation (
willValidate
isfalse
), or it satisfies its constraints. -
A
ValidityState
representing the validity states that this button is in. -
A string representing the current form control value of the button.
Instance methods
Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement
.
-
Returns
true
if the element's value has no validity problems; otherwise, returnsfalse
. -
Performs the same action as
checkValidity()
, but also reports the result to the user if theinvalid
event was not canceled.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # htmlbuttonelement |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- HTML element implementing this interface:
<button>