Summary

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Table 18.1

Table 18.1. HTML Tags and Attributes Covered in Hour 18

Tag/Attribute	Function
<form>…</form>	Indicates an input form.

Attributes
action="scripturl"	The address of the script to process this form input.
method="post/get"	How the form input will be sent to the server. Normally set to post, rather than get.
<input />	An input element for a form.

Attributes
type="controltype"	The type for this input widget. Possible values are checkbox, hidden, radio, reset, submit, text, and image.
name="name"	The unique name of this item, as passed to the script.
value="value"
src="imageurl"	The source file for an image.
checked="checked"
size="width"	The width, in characters, of a text input region.
maxlength="maxlength"
<textarea>…</textarea>

Attributes
name="name"	The name to be passed to the script.
rows="numrows"	The number of rows this text area displays.
cols="numchars"	The number of columns (characters) this text area displays.
<select>…</select>	Creates a menu or scrolling list of possible items.

Attributes
name="name"	The name that is passed to the script.
size="numelements"	The number of elements to display. If size is indicated, the selection becomes a scrolling list. If no size is given, the selection is a pop-up menu.
multiple="multiple"	Allows multiple selections from the list.
<option>…</option>	Indicates a possible item within a <select> element.

Attributes
selected="selected"	With this attribute included, the option will be selected by default in the list.
value="value"	The value to submit if this option is selected when the form is submitted.