Onclick shouldn't trigger form data submission

Question

I just found out that every time onclick event for my placed inside

tag triggers, form submits it\'s data

Answer 1

Try this..

onclick="alert('hi!'); return false;"

Answer 2

With jQuery use a span rather than an input, put use the .button call and then set a click event.

Answer 3

Specify type="button":

<button type="button" onclick="alert('hi!')">Button</button>

From the linked article:

This [submit] is the default if the attribute is not specified