Can I nest button inside another button?

Question

This is a problem resulting from trying to keep my html semantics as correct as possible.

I have a parent button that does both a function in the same page, and acts

Answer 1

You can not do this. A button is not meant to contain other elements. However, you can style a div element to have the look and the feel of a button, here is what it looks like with bootstrap:

    
    









    

        outer button
        


        
            inner button