<FORM>
The FORM tag is used to create web page forms. This is the primary way
to capture user information on your web site. A form consists of a number
of input controls (defined with the INPUT tag) Input controls can be simple
text boxes, or pull-down menus along with radio buttons and check boxes.
All input controls must be contained within a FORM tag in order for them to
be useful. Some browsers will not render INPUT elements outside of the FORM
element. One exception is the BUTTON element which should render anywhere on
an HTML page.
Attributes
| Attribute |
Description |
| ID |
Identifies this tag to reference in script (program code) |
| CLASS |
Define the class used to render this element (defined by a style sheet) |
| TITLE |
A title that is associated with the element (displayed as a tooltip in Internet Explorer) |
| NAME |
Assigns a name to the form so you can refer to the elements of the form using client-side scripting (eg. Javascript) |
| ACTION |
The URI (normally a web page on the same server) where information from the form will be sent once the form is submitted |
| METHOD |
Indicates how information should be submitted to the resource defined by the ACTION tag. May be one of: get, post |
| ENCTYPE |
Indicates the type of data encoding to use when submitting the form. This defaults to application/x-www-form-urlencoded and you won't need to specify this in most cases. If you have a INPUT type=file control on your form, then you will need to specify an encoding type of multipart/form-data. |
| ACCEPT-CHARSET |
Inidicate acceptable content types which may be submitted using a INPUT type=file input. These are often referred to as MIME types and look something like text/plain or image/jpeg |
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Example
<FORM action="">
<FIELDSET>
<LEGEND>Personal Information</LEGEND>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10"><TR><TD>
First Name <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstname"><BR>
Last Name <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="lastname"><BR><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="action" VALUE=" Sign-Up ">
</TD></TR><TABLE>
</FIELDSET>
</FORM>
Renders As:
Compatibility
HTML 4.01
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