INTRODUCTION TO WEB DESIGN
DCIS1204
SEMISTER TWO
YEAR ONE
HTML Forms
HTML Forms are required to collect different kind of data from the users inputs, such as contact
details like name, email address, phone numbers, or details like credit card information, etc.
Forms contain special elements called controls like inputbox, checkboxes, radio-buttons, submit
buttons, etc. Users generally complete a form by modifying its controls e.g. entering text, selecting
items, etc. and submitting this form to a web server for further processing.
The <form> tag is used to create an HTML form.
<form action = "Script URL" method = "GET|POST">
form elements like input, textarea etc.
</form>
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Form Attributes
Apart from common attributes, following is a list of the most frequently used form attributes
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HTML Form Controls
Text Input Controls
Checkboxes Controls
Radio Box Controls
Select Box Controls
File Select boxes
Hidden Controls
Clickable Buttons
Submit and Reset Button
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HTML Form ControlsText Input Controls
There are three types of text input used on forms
Single-line text input controls − This control is used for items that require only one line of user
input, such as search boxes or names. They are created using HTML <input> tag.
Password input controls − This is also a single-line text input but it masks the character as soon
as a user enters it. They are also created using HTMl <input> tag.
Multi-line text input controls − This is used when the user is required to give details that may
be longer than a single sentence. Multi-line input controls are created using HTML <textarea> tag.
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Example of Single-line text input controls
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Text Input Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form >
<label> First name:</label> <input type = "text" name = "first_name"/>
<br>
<label>Last name:</label> <input type = "text" name = "last_name" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Attributes for <input> tag for creating text field
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Password input controls
This is also a single-line text input but it masks the character as soon as a user enters it. They are also created using HTML <input>tag but
type attribute is set to password.
Example Password input controls
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Password Input Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form >
User ID : <input type = "text" name = "user_id" />
<br>
Password: <input type = "password" name = "password" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Multiple-Line Text Input Controls
This is used when the user is required to give details that may be longer than a single sentence. Multi-line input controls are created using
HTML <textarea> tag.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Multiple-Line Input Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
Description : <br />
<textarea rows = "5" cols = "50" name = "description">
Enter description here...
</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Checkbox form Control
Checkboxes are used when more than one option is required to be selected. They are also created using HTML <input> tag but type attribute is set to
checkbox..
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Checkbox Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type = "checkbox" name = "maths" value = "on" checked> Maths
<input type = "checkbox" name = "physics" value = "on"> Physics
<input type = "checkbox" name = "physics" value = "on"> Biology
<input type = "checkbox" name = "physics" value = "on"> Chemistry
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Radio Button Control
Radio buttons are used when out of many options, just one option is required to be selected. They are also created using HTML <input> tag but type
attribute is set to radio.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Radio Box Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type = "radio" name = "subject" > male
<input type = "radio" name = "subject" > female
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Select Box Control
A select box, also called drop down box which provides option to list down various options in the form of drop down list, from where a user can select
one or more options.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Select Box Control</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<select name = "dropdown">
<option value = "English" selected>English</option>
<option value = "SST">SST</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Button Controls
There are various ways in HTML to create clickable buttons. You can also create a clickable button
using <input>tag by setting its type attribute to button. The type attribute can take the following
values.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>File Upload Box</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type = "submit" name = "submit" value = "Submit" />
<input type = "reset" name = "reset" value = "Reset" />
<input type = "button" name = "ok" value = "OK" />
<input type = "image" name = "imagebutton" src = "/html/images/logo.png" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Hidden Form Controls: Hidden form controls are used to hide data inside the page which later on can be pushed to the server. This control hides inside
the code and does not appear on the actual page. For example, following hidden form is being used to keep current page number. When a user will click
next page then the value of hidden control will be sent to the web server and there it will decide which page will be displayed next based on the passed
current page.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>File Upload Box</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<p>This is page 10</p>
<input type = "hidden" name = "pagename" value = "10" />
<input type = "submit" name = "submit" value = "Submit" />
<input type = "reset" name = "reset" value = "Reset" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Grouping Form Controls
You also group logically related controls and labels within a web form using the <legend> element.
Grouping form controls into categories makes it easier for users to locate a control which makes the
form more user-friendly. Let's try out the following example to see how it works:
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Details</legend>
<label>Email Address: <input type="email" name="email"></label>
<label>Phone Number: <input type="text" name="phone"></label>
</fieldset>
</form>
