Attribute for <BUTTON ...>
TYPE =
BUTTON
| SUBMIT
| RESET
TYPE
indicates that the button is one of three types:
This code:
<FORM ACTION="../cgi-bin/mycgi.pl" NAME="application">
application date: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="appdate" SIZE=10>
<BUTTON
TYPE=BUTTON
onClick="document.application.appdate.value=today()"><I>today</I></BUTTON><P>
<BUTTON TYPE=RESET><FONT COLOR=RED>Reset Form</FONT></BUTTON>
<BUTTON TYPE=SUBMIT><STRONG>Send It!</STRONG></BUTTON>
</FORM>
gives us this form (you can also see the today() script in this page):