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Form Handling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JavaScript provides access to the forms within an HTML document through the Form object known as HTMLFormElement in the DOM. Which is a child of the Document Object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Properties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Properties<\/strong><\/td>Value<\/strong><\/td>Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
accept-charset<\/td>UTF-8<\/td>Specifies the charset used in the submitted form (default: the page charset).<\/td><\/tr>
action<\/td>URL<\/td>Contains a URL that defines where to send the data after submitting the form<\/td><\/tr>
autocomplete<\/td>On (default)
Off<\/td>		Determines that the browser retains the history of previous values.<\/td><\/tr>
enctype<\/td><\/td>specifies how the browser encodes the data before it sends it to the server. (default: is url-encoded).<\/td><\/tr>
encoding<\/td><\/td>Holds the value of the enctype attribute, which usually contains either application\/x-www-form-urlencoded value or the multipart\/form-data value (in the case of file upload)<\/td><\/tr>
elements[ ]<\/td><\/td>An array of DOM elements that correspond to the interactive form fields within the form<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Properties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Properties<\/strong><\/td>Value<\/strong><\/td>Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
length<\/td><\/td>The number of a form field with a given form tag. Should bt the same as elements.length<\/td><\/tr>
method<\/td>GET (default)
POST<\/td>		Specifies how to send the form data to a web server. The data can be sent as URL variables, by using the get method or as HTTP post, by using the post method<\/td><\/tr>
name<\/td>name<\/td>Specifies a name used to identify the form<\/td><\/tr>
novalidate<\/td>novalidate<\/td>Specifies that the browser should not validate the form.<\/td><\/tr>
target<\/td>_self (default)
_blank
_parent
_top
framename<\/td>		Specifies the target of the address in the action attribute<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Methods<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Method<\/strong><\/td>Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
checkValidity ( )<\/td>Returns a true or false value indicating whether or not all the fields in the form are in a valid state.<\/td><\/tr>
reset ( )<\/td>Returns all form fields to their initial state.<\/td><\/tr>
submit ( )<\/td>Submits the form to the URL specified in the form\u2019s action attribute<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Events: –<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • onreset<\/li>
  • onsubmit<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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