HTML <button> formnovalidate Attribute
Example
A form with two submit buttons. The first submit button submits the form data with default validation, and the second submits the form data without validation:
<form action="/action_page.php" method="get">
E-mail: <input type="email" name="userid"><br>
<button type="submit">Submit</button><br>
<button type="submit" formnovalidate>Submit without validation</button>
</form>
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Definition and Usage
The formnovalidate attribute is a boolean attribute.
When present, it specifies that the form-data should not be validated on submission. This attribute overrides the form's novalidate attribute.
The formnovalidate 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| formnovalidate | 6.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | Not supported | 10.6 |
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The formnovalidate attribute is new in HTML5.
Differences Between HTML and XHTML
In XHTML, attribute minimization is forbidden, and the formnovalidate attribute must be defined as <button type="submit" formnovalidate="formnovalidate">.
Syntax
<button type="submit" formnovalidate>
❮ HTML <button> tag
