HTML forms and input

HTML form

A form is an area containing form elements.

Form elements allow users to enter content in the form, such as text areas, drop-down lists, radio-buttons, checkboxes, etc.

Forms are set up using the form tag

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HTML Form - Input Element

The most commonly used form tag is the input tag ().

Input types are defined by the type attribute (type). Most commonly used input types are as follows:

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Text Fields

The text field is set through thetag. When the user types letters, numbers, etc. in the form, the text field is used.

First name:

Last name:

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Password field

The password field is defined with the tag:

Password:

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Radio Buttons

tag defines the form radio button options

Male

Female

The browser display effect is as follows:

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Checkboxes

defines a checkbox. The user needs to select one or several options from a number of given choices.

I have a bike

I have a car

The browser display effect is as follows:

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Submit Button

defines the submit button.

When the user clicks the confirm button, the form's contents are transferred to another file. The form's action attribute defines the file name of the destination file. The file defined by the action attribute usually performs related processing on the input data received. :

Username:

HTML form tag

New: HTML5 new tag

Label	describe
	Define a form for user input
	Define input fields
</td>	Define a text field (a multi-line input control)
	Defines the label of theelement, usually the input title
	Defines a set of related form elements and encloses them using an outer frame
	Defines the title of the element
	Defined drop-down option list
	Define option group
	Define the options in the drop-down list
	Define a click button
	Specify a predefined list of input control options
New	Defines the key pair generator fields of the form
New	Define a calculation result

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