FORM BASICS
Web forms are represented by the <form>
element in HTML and by the HTMLFormElement
type in JavaScript. The HTMLFormElement
type inherits from HTMLElement
and therefore has all of the same default properties as other HTML elements. However, HTMLFormElement
also has the following additional properties and methods:
acceptCharset
—The character sets that the server can process; equivalent to the HTMLaccept-charset
attribute.-
action
—The URL to send the request to; equivalent to the HTMLaction
attribute. elements
—AnHTMLCollection
of all controls in the form.enctype
—The encoding type of the request; equivalent to the HTMLenctype
attribute.length
—The number of controls in the form.method
—The type of HTTP request to send, typically"get"
or"post"
; equivalent to the HTMLmethod
attribute.name
—The name of the form; equivalent to the HTMLname
attribute.reset()
—Resets all form fields to their default...