HTML <form> tag

February 10, 2021 7:26 pm IST

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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>

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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	on off	Specifies whether the value of the <input> elements in the form can be automatically completed by the browser.
enctype	application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain	Specifies how to encode a form-data before sending it to a server.
method	get post	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	_blank _self _parent _top	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	none sentences words characters on off	Specifies a user typed value should be auto capitalized as per its attribute value.