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Posted by Tearod Robertson
Tearod Robertson
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"Submit Button" in Forms

I am working with FORMS on the Web Development Track. I am working with the code to create and style a form. But, I want to test my form with a "Submit" button. What code can I use for this button?

3 Answers

Zack Mowrer
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Zack Mowrer
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Zack Mowrer
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Zack Mowrer
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HTML:

<button type="submit">Submit</button>

CSS:

button[type="submit"] {
    //Insert properties for submit button here
}
Tearod Robertson
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Tearod Robertson
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Tearod Robertson
Tearod Robertson
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Thanks. I thought that it was more to it. I am trying to test the button submitting the form elements back to my email address. I am assuming the the property is the "mailto: info@mymail.comm"

Zack Mowrer
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Zack Mowrer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 62,350 Points

If you're going to mail things, you probably want to dive into back end programming languages like PHP, as well as email servers.

Tearod Robertson
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Tearod Robertson
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Tearod Robertson
Tearod Robertson
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I am new to this. I have completed the HTML and the FORMS tracks. But the Forms did not show me how to create submit a form, just create one. That is why, I thought I would need to email. However, do you recommend that I move to the PHP track now? Or will mailing be sufficient until I complete the entire Front End Track?

Zack Mowrer
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Zack Mowrer
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Well, emailing isn't needed for submitting a form, but something like PHP would still be needed to validate and use the data. Unless you want to learn about more HTML and CSS stuff like tables, audio, and video, you should probably move to PHP for now.