HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/form

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Contents 1 Use 2 Example 3 Required attributes 3.1 method 3.2 action 4 Optional attributes 4.1 class 4.2 id 4.3 lang 4.4 onreset 4.5 onSubmit 4.6 style 4.7 title 5 Standard attributes 5.1 method 5.2 action 6 More info

[edit] Use

This lets the user create a form. This element lets the web page owner gather information from the users.

[edit] Example

<form method="post" action="SignIn.php">
<input type="text" name="UserName" size="6">
<input type="password" name="Password" size="6">
</form>

[edit] Required attributes

[edit] method

Specifies how information from a form transfers to a Web Server.

[edit] action

Identifies the Web Page or CGI that the informaton from the form is to be sent.

[edit] Optional attributes

[edit] class

Associated CSS classes.

[edit] id

A string that will be unique throughout the page.

[edit] lang

The ISO language code.

[edit] onreset

A declared script that is run before a form's data is erased.

[edit] onSubmit

A declared script that is run before a form is submitted.

[edit] style

Inline CSS commands.

[edit] title

Advisory title.

[edit] Standard attributes

[edit] method

[edit] action

[edit] More info

A link to a page with more info, then the name of the site the info came from (i.e. W3Schools).