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Arikaturika Tumojenko
8,897 PointsThe difference between <input type="submit"> and <button type="submit">?
I had issues understanding why in the previous video we were styling elements that didn't exist on the page (respectively the button element) until I realized that <input type="submit" value="login"> it counts as a button.
In the "HTML forms" track (with Nick Pettit) I only saw this form
<button type="submit">Sign up</button>
IS there a real difference between them. Are they used in different circumstances? When do we use the input tag and when do we use the button tag? Thank you!
2 Answers
Travis Alstrand
Treehouse TeacherIf anyone else is curious about this, I found this Stack Overflow page with a lot of handy info on this topic 
Ben Schroeder
22,818 PointsYou can put HTML in a <button>, which is very handy for design.
Christian Lawrence
3,941 PointsChristian Lawrence
3,941 PointsMy understanding of this is that the <button> tag is for on page interactions only e.g. postcode look up. Whereas, <input type="submit" value="login"> sends data but also moves the user to another screen e.g. my account.