The <form> tag

Definition and Usage

The form element creates a form for user input. A form can contain textfields, checkboxes, radio-buttons and more. With forms the user can pass data to the server. The <form> tag can of course be used without any attributes, but most forms requires the action attribute to do something meaningful.

Required Attributes

Attributes:	Values:	Description:
action	url	Specifies where to send the data when the user pushes the submit button in a form

Optional Attributes

Attributes:	Values:	Description:
method	get post	The HTTP method of passing the data to the web server. When you use method="get", the form input is submitted as an request with ?form_data appended to the url. This is the default method. But if the form input contains non-ASCII characters or is more than 100 characters you must use method=post. With method="post", the form input is submitted as an request with the form_data sent in the body of the request. Most browsers are unable to bookmark post requests.
accept-charset	charset_list	A comma separated list of character encodings the server must be able to process when the form is submitted. The default value is "unknown"
enctype	mimetype	The mime type used to encode the content of the form
accept	mime_type_list	A comma separated list of mime types that the server accepts. A browser can use this information.
target	_blank _self _parent _top	Where to open the linked documents. When using the "_blank" method the link will load in a new window. When using the "_self" method the link will load in the same frame it was clicked. When using the "_parent" method the link will load in the parent frameset. When using the "_top" method the link will load in the full body of the window

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

onsubmit, onreset, onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

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