Button's value
<html> <body> <form id="myForm"> <table> <tr> <td> <input id="myButton" type="button" onClick="alert('This element value is:\n'+this.value);"> </td> <td> <input id="myReset" type="reset" onClick="alert('This element value is:\n'+this.value);"> </td> <td> <input id="mySubmit" type="submit" onClick="alert('This element value is:\n'+this.value);"> </td> </tr> </table> </form> <script language="JavaScript"> document.getElementById("myButton").value = 'input type = "button"'; document.getElementById("myReset").value='input type = "reset"'; document.getElementById("mySubmit").value='input type = "submit"'; </script> </body> </html>