Go vs. return button in iOS keyboard for HTML input forms
Update 2020/2021
As Cameron Cobb pointed out,Safari Mobile supports the new HTML attribute enterkeyhint
since version 13.7 ~ Sept. 2020 (https://caniuse.com/mdn-html_global_attributes_enterkeyhint).
The following values are possible (https://mixable.blog/ux-improvements-enterkeyhint-to-define-action-label-for-the-keyboard-of-mobile-devices/):
<input enterkeyhint="enter"><input enterkeyhint="done"><input enterkeyhint="go"><input enterkeyhint="next"><input enterkeyhint="previous"><input enterkeyhint="search"><input enterkeyhint="send">
Original Answer
Aha...
The 'Go' button is only shown, if the <input>
tag is inside a <form>
tag (and the form tag has an action
attribute).So, if you access your form elements afterwards with i.e. JavaScript, you can omit <form>
tags.
'Go' button:
<form action="..." method="..."> <input type="text"></input></form>
'return' button:
<input type="text"></input>