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formtarget="
name
name
"
Not in HTML 4.01
. Specifies the target window for the form results. It is used only with a
submit button (
input type="submit"
) and has the same function as the
target
attribute
for the
form
element.
menu="
text
text
"
Not in HTML 4.01
. If the button's
type
attribute is set to
menu
, this attribute is required
to provide the ID of a
menu
element on the same page with its
type
set to
popup
.
name="
text
text
"
Required
. Assigns the control name for the element.
type="submit|reset|button|menu"
Identifies the behavior of the button:
submit
(submit button, the default type),
reset
(re-
set button),
button
(custom button controlled with JavaScript), or
menu
(shows a menu).
value="
text
text
"
Assigns the value to the button control. The behavior of the button is determined by the
type
attribute.
Example
<button type="reset" name="reset">
<img src="thumbs-down.
gif" alt="thumbs-down icon"> Try again.
</button>