How to create a Cancel button in Bootstrap

Question

I have the following Bootstrap markup:

<!-- Text input-->
<div class="form-group">
  <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="username">Username</label>
  <div class="col-md-4">
  <input id="username" name="username" type="text" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md" required="" maxlength="8" value="">
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Button (Double) -->
<div class="form-group">
  <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="submit"></label>
  <div class="col-md-8">
    <button id="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="1">Create Profile</button>
    <button id="cancel" name="cancel" class="btn btn-default" value="1">Cancel</button>
  </div>
</div>

When I click the Create Profile button the form works fine letting me know that certain fields are "Required". But when I click the Cancel button I cannot leave the form due to incomplete required fields.

Is there a form cancel button capability in Bootstrap?

Answer 1

Change your code to the following:

<!-- Button (Double) -->
<div class="form-group">
  <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="submit"></label>
  <div class="col-md-8">
    <button id="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="1">Create Profile</button>
    <a href="/link-to/whatever-address/" id="cancel" name="cancel" class="btn btn-default">Cancel</a>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 2

simply set the type attribute to reset as shown below;

<button type="reset" class="btn btn-default pull-right">Cancel</button>