HTMLButtonElement: type property

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.

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The type property of the HTMLButtonElement interface is a string that indicates the behavior type of the <button> element.

It reflects the type attribute of the <button> element.

Value

A string representing the type.

Its possible values are listed in the attribute's button types section.

Example

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HTML

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<button id="button" type="reset">type</button>

JavaScript

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const buttonElement = document.querySelector("#button");
console.log(buttonElement.type); // "reset"

Specifications

Specification
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Browser compatibility

See also