Asubmit button is anelement in HTML that can be used to submit a<form>. The native submit button elements are:

• <button> (its defaulttype is"submit")
• <input type="submit">
• <input type="image">

In addition to submitting a form, a submit button can affect the form's behavior and what data is sent.

Overriding the form's behavior

Submit buttons can override the form's submission behavior through various attributes:

• formaction: Override theaction attribute of the form.
• formenctype: Override theenctype attribute of the form.
• formmethod: Override themethod attribute of the form.
• formnovalidate: Override thenovalidate attribute of the form.
• formtarget: Override thetarget attribute of the form.

Form data entries

If the submit button is a<button> or<input type="submit"> and has aname attribute, the form data set will include an entry for itsname andvalue.

If the submit button is an<input type="image">, the form data set will include entries for the X and Y coordinates that the user clicked on (e.g.,x=100&y=200 orbuttonName.x=123&buttonName.y=234).

See also

• Basic native form controls
• Sending form data