HTML form
A form is a way to send data to the server (located with the action attribute). It contains a set of fields like textfield, checkbox... Each field has a name attribute which is associated to the entered value. The data can be sent in a GET method (the default) or in a POST method. The GET method use the page URL for adding the data as parameters. The POST method hide the data inside the user HTTP request.
Attribute name | Attribute value |
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action | This is an URL containing a program processing the form inputs. It can be for sample a PHP, JSP, ASPX scripts. This program will scan the input parameters for processing depending on the service (like putting the data inside a database...). The inputs are encoding depending on the method attribute. |
class | Set a value for CSS rules. The CSS rule will be applied to all tags with the same class name |
disabled | It will disable for any usage the component |
id | Set a unique value, it is useful for JavaScript or for CSS rule. For CSS it will be applied only for this tag |
method | it will contain GET or POST. GET is for URL parameters and POST is for content parameter. |
style | Set a CSS value. It has always priority for general CSS rules. Sample : "background-color:red;color:white" |