HTML Form Tags

<form> ... </form>		Delimit a form.
	action=url*	Specify the URL of the application that will process the form.
	enctype=encoding	Specify how the form element values will be encoded.
	method=style*	Specify the parameter passing style, either get or post.
<input type=checkbox>		Create a checkbox input element with in a <form>.
	checked	Mark the element as initially selected.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter to be passed to the form-processing application if the input element is selected.
	value=string*	The value of the parameter send to the form-processing application if this element is selected.
<input type=file>		Create a file-selection element within a <form>.
	maxlength=n	The maximum number of characters to accept for this element.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter that is passed tot he form-processing application for this input element.
	size=n	The number of characters to display for this element.
<input type=hidden>		Create a hidden element within a <form>.
	maxlength=n	The maximum number of characters to accept for this element.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter that is passed to the form-processing application for this input element.
	size=n	The number of characters to display for this element.
	value=string	The value of this element that is passed to the form processing application.
<input type=image>		Create an image input element with in a <form>.
	align=type	Align the image to either the top, middle or bottom of the form element's text.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter to be passed to the form-processing application for this input element.
	src=url*	The source URL of the image.
<input type=password>		Create a content-protected text input element within a <form>.
	maxlength=n	The maximum number of characters to accept for this element.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter to be passed to the form-processing application for this input element.
	size=n	The number of characters to display for this element.
	value=string	The initial value for this element.
<input type=radio>		Create a radio-button input element within a <form>.
	checked	Mark the element as initially selected.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter that is passed to the form-processing application if this input element is selected.
	value=string*	The value of the parameter that is passed to the form-processing application if this element is selected.
<input type=reset>		Create a reset button within a <form>.
	value=string	An alternative label for the reset button. Default is Reset.
<input type=submit>		Create a submit button within a <form>.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter that is passed to the form-processing application for this input element.
	value=string	An alternate label for the submit button. Also the value passed to the form-processing application for this parameter if this button is clicked.
<input type=text>		Create a text input element within a <form>.
	maxlength=n	The maximum number of characters to accept for this element.
	name=string*	The name of the parameter that is passed to the form-processing application for this input element.
	size=n	The number of characters to display for this element.
	value=string	The initial value for this element.
<select> ... </select>		Define a multiple-choice menu or scrolling list within a <form>, containing one or more <option> tags.
	multiple	Allow to select more than one <option> within the <select>.
	name=string*	The name for the selected <option> values that, if selected, are passed to the form-processing application.
	size=n	Display n items using a pulldown menu for size=1 and a scrolling list of n items otherwise.
<option> ... </option>		Define an option within a <select> item in a <form>.
	selected	Make this item initially selected.
	value=string	Return the specified value to the form-processing application instead of the <option> contents.
<textarea> ... </textarea>		Define a multiline text input area within a <form>.
	cols=n	Display n columns of text within the text area.
	name=string*	The name for the text-area value that is passed to the form-processing application.
	rows=n	Display n rows of text within the text area.
	wrap=style	Set word wrapping within the text-area to off, virtual - display wrap but do not transmit to server, or physical - display and transmit wrap.

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