HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <form>
This <form> element creates a form and submits to send information to a server for further processing.
Browser compatibility
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What's new in HTML5
HTML5 has added two new attributes: autocomplete
and novalidate, and removed the accept attribute.
Attribute
- accept
- Value:file_type
Not supported in HTML5. Creates a comma-separated list of file types that the server accepts - accept-charset
- Value:character_set
character encodings for the form submission - action
- Set the URL to send the form-data when submitting a form
- autocomplete
- Value:on|off
Set autocomplete on or off - enctype
- Value:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
multipart/form-data
text/plain
Form-data encoding for method="post" - method
- Value:get|post
Set the HTTP method when sending form-data - name
- the name of a form
- novalidate
- Value:novalidate
Set not to validate the form - target
- Value:_blank|_self|_parent|_top
where to display the response
Global Attributes
The <form> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <form> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
form {
display: block;
margin-top: 0em;
}
Example
A demo showing how to use <form> tag.
<html>
<body>
<form name="form2" method="post" action="your.htm">
<input type="text"
name="textfield2"
value="This is a text field"
size="30"/>
<br/>
<input type="checkbox"
name="checkbox2"
value="checkbox"/>A checkbox.
<br/>
<input type="radio"
name="radiobutton"
value="radiobutton"/>A radio button.<br/>
<input type="button"
name="myButton2"
value="Submit"/>A submit button.
</form><!--from w ww. j a v a 2 s. c o m-->
</body>
</html>