why did he use instead of

In this case, it was likely just to demonstrate that the tag exists. For all intents and purposes, is equivalent to , and you can choose whichever is your favorite and use it. They ultimately do the same thing

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Posted August 15, 2018 8:34am by

why didn't he use <input type="button">?

why did he use <button></button> instead of <input type="button">

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August 15, 2018 8:39am

In this case, it was likely just to demonstrate that the <button> tag exists. For all intents and purposes, <button type="submit"> is equivalent to <input type="submit"/>, and you can choose whichever is your favorite and use it. They ultimately do the same thing

November 27, 2019 8:31pm

omg thank u! lol this had me so confused

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