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<form> Tag

The form element creates a form for user input.

Supported In HTML4: Yes

Supported In HTML5: Yes

HTML4 vs HTML5 Differences: HTML 5 has some new attributes, and some HTML 4.01 attributes are not supported in HTML 5.

Attributes

Title	Values	Description	HTML4 Support	HTML5 Support
accept	MIME_type		No	Yes
accept-charset	charset_list	A comma separated list of possible character sets for the form data.	No	No
action	URL	A URL that defines where to send the data when the submit button is pushed.	No	No
autocomplete	on off	If "on" browsers can store the form's input values, to auto-fill the form if the user returns to the page. If "off" browsers should not store this information.	No	No
enctype	application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain	The mime type used to encode the content of the form.	No	No
method	get post put delete	The HTTP method for sending data to the action URL. Default is get. method="get": This method sends the form contents in the URL: URL?name=value&name=value. Note: If the form values contains non-ASCII characters or exceeds 100 characters you MUST use method="post". method="post": This method sends the form contents in the body of the request. Note: Most browsers are unable to bookmark post requests.	No	No
name	form_name	Defines a unique name for the form.	No	No
novalidate	novalidate	If present the form should not be validated when submitted.	No	No
target	_blank _self _parent _top	Where to open the target URL. _blank - the target URL will open in a new window _self - the target URL will open in the same frame as it was clicked _parent - the target URL will open in the parent frameset _top - the target URL will open in the full body of the window	No	No

Standard Attributes

All standard attributes are supported.

Event Attributes

All event attributes are supported.

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