Default type of <button>

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

According to http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp, the type
attribute of the <button> tag is optional. Is the UA at liberty to
choose any type it wishes if the attribute is omitted? Does the
presence or lack of a DTD impact the answer?

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[David Dorward]

Re: Default type of &lt;button&g t;

Christopher Benson-Manica wrote:
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> According to http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_button.asp, the type
> attribute of the <button> tag is optional.[/color]

W3Schools is rather error prone, in this case they are simply missing some
information. Try the spec instead:

type = submit|button|r eset [CI]
This attribute declares the type of the button. Possible values:

* submit: Creates a submit button. This is the default value.
* reset: Creates a reset button.
* button: Creates a push button.

-- http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/...ml#edef-BUTTON

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[Michael Winter]

Re: Default type of &lt;button&g t;

On 01/07/2005 22:30, David Dorward wrote:
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> Christopher Benson-Manica wrote:
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>> According to [W3Schools], the type attribute of the <button> tag is
>> optional.[/color][/color]

[From the specification:]
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> * submit: Creates a submit button. This is the default value.[/color]

It's worth pointing out two things, both related to IE:

1. IE incorrectly assumes 'button' for the default value.
2. IE gets the whole mechanics of the BUTTON element wrong
when used for form submission.

[snip]

Mike

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