HTML <button> formaction Attribute
Example
A form with two submit buttons. The first submit button submits the form data to "demo_form.asp", and the second submits to "demo_admin.asp":
<form action="demo_form.asp" method="get">
First name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br>
Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br>
<button type="submit">Submit</button><br>
<button type="submit" formaction="demo_admin.asp">Submit as admin</button>
</form>
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Definition and Usage
The formaction attribute specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted. This attribute overrides the form's action attribute.
The formaction attribute is only used for buttons with type="submit".
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| formaction | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 10.6 |
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The formaction attribute is new in HTML5.
Syntax
<button type="submit" formaction="URL">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| URL | Specifies where to send the form data. Possible values:
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HTML <button> tag
