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Submit Object

The submit button (<input type="submit">) within your form can be accessed and manipulated using JavaScript, via the corresponding Submit object. To access the button in JavaScript, use the syntax:

document.myform.submitbtnname
document.myform.elements[i] //where i is the position of the submit button within form

Related Tutorials

• Accessing and validating forms
• Enabling/ disabling form elements

Events

Events	Description
onClick	Code is executed when the user clicks on the submit button. By returning false in this event, you may cancel the form submission. eg: <input type="submit" onClick="return false">

Properties

Properties	Description
disabled	Boolean value that sets/ returns whether the submit button is disabled.
form	References the form that contains the submit button.
name	Reflects the name of the submit button (the name attribute).
type	A property available on all form elements, "type" returns the type of the calling form element, in this case, "submit".
value	A read only string that specifies the value of the submit button.

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