# Creating a Submit or Reset Button in Freeway

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/creating-a-submit-or-reset-button-in-freeway/25652>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Tags:** forms\
**Created:** [August 5, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/creating-a-submit-or-reset-button-in-freeway/25652 "2013-08-05T05:51:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/creating-a-submit-or-reset-button-in-freeway/25652/1 "2013-08-05T05:51:44Z")

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When you create a form on your Freeway page you will need to create a **Submit** button for the visitor to click on so the form (and the information entered in the form fields) is sent as an email to the recipient specified in the Send Form Action or PHP Feedback Form Action.  
  
The simplest way to create a Submit button is to click and hold on the **HTML** tool button on Freeway's tool bar and choose **Button**. After choosing Button, draw an item on the Freeway page - which will, by default, display as a Submit button which has the appearance of a standard HTML submit button.  
  
With the item selected on the page, go to the Inspector's **Output Settings tab** to see options for setting the **Name** , **Value** and the type of button you wish to use (see screenshot below).

 ![](https://discourse.softpress.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0701321cd4b8f4eaed92a713a2ebb498a0f8803b.jpeg)  

  
The **Name** option is used in Javascript to identify the button and is also returned with the form. You do not need to set this option for normal forms.  
  
The **Value** option controls what is shown on the button in Freeway and - more importantly - what wording is shown on the button in a browser. It is important to note that if you don't set a specific value, the default name used by each browser application will be used - so, for example, in Firefox this will display as "Submit Query". If you want it to say just "Submit" or "Submit Form" on the button in all browsers, you should enter the word or words you wish to use in the Value field.  
  
The **Type** popup in the Inspector lets you choose whether you use the button as a **Submit** button, a **Reset** button or a simple button.  
  
A **Submit** button is used to send a form's information by email when the button is clicked on. A **Reset** button is used to clear the information currently entered in the form associated with that button. A **Button** button is not used for conventional forms but can be used to execute a JavaScript command.  
  
Freeway 6 has another option (which you won't see in earlier versions of Freeway) for **Don't Validate**. With this option checked, any HTML5 validation applied to form items (such as "required" fields, etc.) will be over-ridden so the form will send without any form items being validated.  
  
The **Access Key** field is only used for advanced functionality so you should leave it blank unless you are using bespoke PHP code with the form.  
  
It is also possible to set up your own custom graphic so it works as a Submit button (so you don't have to use the default generic HTML button). To do this, create a graphic item on the page and then check the **Submit** option at the bottom of the **Output Settings tab** of the Inspector (see screenshot below).  
  

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