{"id":7927,"date":"2021-08-13T12:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=7927"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:30:45","slug":"accessing-form-fields-in-javascript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/accessing-form-fields-in-javascript\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing Form Fields in JavaScript"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accessing Form<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JavaScript provides various ways of accessing form:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>document.forms[index_number] \u2013 It returns collection of form in the documents.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>document.forms[\u201cname_attribute_value\u201d] \u2013 we can use name attribute of the form.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>document.name_attribute_value \u2013 we can use name attribute of the form with dot as well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>getElementById(\u201cID\u201d) \u2013 If form as an unique id we can use it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accessing Form Fields<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If form fields have unique ID then it is possible to access them using the getElementById( ) method. 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