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.

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

HTML

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

JavaScript

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-button-type

Browser compatibility

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See also