HTML <button> Tag with the 'type' Attribute

<form>
<input>
<button type="reset">Reset</button>
</form>
<p>Type something then click the 'Reset' button.</p>

In the above example we add the type attribute to a button control.

About the type Attribute

The type attribute allows you to specify the type of button.

Possible values:

submit

Submits the form. This is the default value.

reset

Resets the form.

button

Does nothing. You can use JavaScript to make the control actually do something.

menu

Displays a menu. When using this value, you must specify the menu using the menu attribute (see above).

About the <button> Element

The <button> element creates a button control in an HTML document.

Any contents of the <button> element appears on the button.

The <button> element can be associated with a form or stand alone by itself (in such case it could have JavaScript attached via the onclick attribute) to make the button actually do something.