IT403 HTML forms quiz #6

forms

-basis of interactive web
-allows users to provide input to programs (that run either locally or on server)

form controls

-treated like large characters of text
-structured using HTML elements

text input

submit button

radio buttons

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checkboxes

menus

text areas

form processors

programs that run (often on server) to process submitted form

form data set

set of name-value pairs compiled by browser and sent to form processor
-names come from attributes in html code
-values are typically provided by user filling in the form
-includes only successful controls, which are controls that have both name and value at submission
-form submissions are easily observable in transit
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form element

represents form as a whole

method attribute

tells browser how to submit form data set, get or post

get

when you want form submission to be bookmarkable ex. search engine

post

when you want form submission to be hidden or large ex. logins

action attribute

tells browser where to send form data set. URL of form processor

label element

used to label form controls

for attribute

value matches id attribute of associated control

programs

require programming