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Specific attributes

autofocus

A boolean value instructing the browser to set the focus to this control when the document has finished loading or when the dialog where the control finds itself is shown. If the attribute has the value «autofocus» or the empty string («»), or if it’s just present, the control should get the focus as soon as possible, after the page or dialog has been loaded.

Example

<p><input type="submit" value="Send data" autofocus></p>

disabled

A boolean value indicating wether the control is disabled or not. If the attribute takes the value «disabled» or the empty string («»), or if it’s just present, the control will be disabled.

Disabled controls are rendered greyed out (if visible), are blocked from user interaction and, more importantly, their values (if any) aren’t sent when the form is submitted.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" method="post" target="_blank">
  <p>
    Key word: <input type="text" name="keyword">
    <input type="submit" value="Send data" disabled>
  </p>
</form>

form

The value of the id attribute of the form with which this control is associated to.

This attribute is new in HTML5 and helps defining the pertenence of controls in nested or distant forms.

Example

<form id="form1" action="../../form-result.php" method="post" target="_blank">
  <p>Surname: <input type="text" name="surname"><p>
</form>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send data" form="form1"></p>

formaction

A URI indicating the location of the script responsible for the manipulation of the data sent by the form. This script is usually written in a server-side language like ASP, PHP, Python, etc.

This attribute is new in HTML5 and, if present, overrides the action attribute of the form element. This allows authors to provide one form with two or more buttons that perform different types of submissions.

Example

<form method="post" target="_blank">
  <p>
    Nombre: <input type="text" name="nombre">
    <input type="submit" value="Enviar datos" formaction="../../form-result.php">
  </p>
</form>

formenctype

A value indicating the encoding method to be used for data when the form is submitted. There are three possible case-insensitive values:

• application/x-www-form-urlencoded: spaces are replaced with plus signs («+») and special characters are converted to HEX values. This is the default value.
• multipart/form-data: no encoding is performed. This value is necessary for file uploads.
• text/plain: only spaces are replaced by plus signs («+»).

Remember you must use the value «multipart/form-data» whenever a file is going to be uploaded in the form. Without this configuration, file uploads will fail.

This attribute is new in HTML5 and, if present, overrides the action attribute of the form element. This allows authors to provide one form with two or more buttons that perform different types of submissions.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" target="_blank">
  <p>Full name: <input type="text" name="fullname"></p>
  <p>Picture: <input type="file" name="picture"></p>
  <p>
    <input type="submit" value="Send with picture" formenctype="multipart/form-data">
    <input type="submit" value="Send without picture">
  </p>
</form>

formmethod

The method browsers should use to send the form’s data. There are three possible case-insensitive values:

• get: data is attached to the URL of the request (the one provided in the action attribute). The name-value pairs are arranged in the form «name=value» and separated each other with an ampersand sign («&»). All this string is appended to the request URL preceded by a question mark («?»). For example, a GET string could be: «form-result.php?user=john&pass=123456»
• post: data is attached to the body of the request.
• dialog: specific for forms inside a dialog element. Instructs the browser to close the dialog box upon form submission. Form results should be handled by scripts.

This attribute is new in HTML5 and, if present, overrides the action attribute of the form element. This allows authors to provide one form with two or more buttons that perform different types of submissions.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" target="_blank">
  <p>
    City: <input type="text" name="city">
    <input type="submit" value="Send with GET" formmethod="get">
    <input type="submit" value="Send with POST" formmethod="post">
  </p>
</form>

formtarget

A value specifiyng where the results of the script in charge of processing the data should be loaded. This value can be a browsing-context name (like the value of the name attribute of an iframe) or any of the following values (case-insensitive):

• _blank: in a new window/tab.
• _parent: in the immediate parent context.
• _self: in the same context that’s containing the form.
• _top: in the topmost context (the greatest parent context containing the form).

This attribute is new in HTML5 and, if present, overrides the action attribute of the form element. This allows authors to provide one form with two or more buttons that perform different types of submissions.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" method="post">
  <p>
    Group: <input type="text" name="group">
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" formtarget="_blank">
  </p>
</form>

formnovalidate

A boolean value instructing the browser not to validate the form’s data upon submission. If this attribute takes the value «formnovalidate» or the empty string («»), or if it’s just present, the browser should omit the form’s validation during submission.

This attribute is new in HTML5 and, if present, overrides the action attribute of the form element. This allows authors to provide one form with two or more buttons that perform different types of submissions.

This attribute is part of the Constraint Validation API, a new feature that allows authors to provide form validation with minimal programming intervention.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" target="_blank">
  <p>
    Username: <input type="text" name="user" pattern="^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-_.]{3,15}$" title="A proper username must begin with a letter, contain letters, numbers, scores and stops, and have between 3 and 15 characters long" required>
    <input type="submit" value="Send">
    <input type="submit" value="Send without validating" formnovalidate>
  </p>
</form>

name

A name for the control. This name will be sent by the browser to the processing agent, paired with the content of the value attribute. Both attributes together will conform a name-value pair that will be used to process the form data.

Currently, the value isindex, formerly used in a special way by some browsers and included in the HTML standard, isn’t permitted in this attribute.

The name-value pair of a button is submitted, with the other form data, only if the button has been used to submit the form.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" method="post" target="_blank">
  <p>
    Partner name: <input type="text" name="partnername">
    <input type="submit" name="submitbutton" value="Submit">
  </p>
</form>

type

A value indicating the type of the field that this element represents. There are twenty two possible values (case-insensitive):

• hidden: a hidden control used to send information to the server, typically managed by scripts.
• text: a control used to input a single-line piece of text.
• search: same as text but for search purposes.
• tel: a control used to provide a telephone number.
• url: a text box used to input a single and absolute URL.
• email: a control designed to edit one or more e-mail addresses.
• password: a text box for editing passwords, where the characters are represented by dots.
• date: a control to input a specific date.
• month: a control to input a specific month.
• week: a control to input a specific week.
• time: a control to input a specific time.
• datetime-local: a control to input a specific local date and time.
• number: a control to input a number.
• range: a control to input one or two numbers inside a range.
• color: a control to input a color.
• checkbox: a control to input a boolean value (true/false).
• radio: a control used to choose one single option among many.
• file: a control used to upload files to the server.
• submit: a button used to submit the form.
• image: same as submit but with the ability to be shown as an image instead of using the default button appearance.
• reset: a button used to reset the form’s controls to their default values.
• button: a button with no default action associated.

When this attribute isn’t present, the element behaves as it would have the value «text».

Example

<input type="submit" value="Submit data">

value

A value for the control. This value will be sent by the browser to the processing agent, paired with the content of the name attribute. Both attributes together will conform a name-value pair that will be used to process the form data.

Additionally, browsers will use the content of this attribute as a label for the button.

The name-value pair of a button is submitted, with the other form data, only if the button has been used to submit the form.

Processing agents will find little use in the name-value pair passed by a button. Instead, the value attribute has a more important task providing the label that browsers will display as content of the button.

Example

<form action="../../form-result.php" method="post" target="_blank">
  <p>
    Search: <input type="search" name="searchstring" value="Autum"></p>
    <input type="submit" name="submitbutton" value="Search">
  </p>
</form>

Global attributes

For information about global attributes refer to this list of global attributes in HTML5.

Global events

For information about global events refer to this list of global events in HTML5.