HTML <form> tag
HTML <form> tag
The <form> tag is used to create an HTML form for user input.
The <form> element does not actually create form fields, but is used as a parent container to hold the following form elements:
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="/user-name.php">
Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Attributes
The following are the attributes of <form> tag. Also try Global attributes.
| Attribute | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| accept-charset | character_set | Specifies the character encodings that the server accepts. |
| action | URL | Specifies where to send a form data when the user clicks on the submit button. |
| autocomplete |
| Specifies whether the value of the <input> elements in the form can be automatically completed by the browser. |
| enctype |
| Specifies how to encode a form-data before sending it to a server. |
| method |
| Specifies the HTTP method that the browser uses to submit the form. |
| name | text | Specifies a name for the form. |
| novalidate | - | Specifies the form should not be validated when the user clicks on the submit button. |
| target |
| Specifies where to display the response after submitting the form. |
Deprecated Attributes
The following attributes should not be used in any case.
| Attribute | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| accept | file_type | Specifies a comma-separated list of file types that the server accepts. |
| autocapitalize |
| Specifies a user typed value should be auto capitalized as per its attribute value. |
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