Forms in HTML

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In this tutorial of 'HTML Simplified Series', we will learn What is Form in HTML? Form Tag Attributes and What a form tag container. And see how to create a form in HTML.

HTML Form

• The form is a collection of input tags in an HTML document.

• Forms are mainly used to take the data from the user to serve on the server.

• Forms are created using <form> tag.

Form Tag Attributes

• action: This attribute specifies what action will be taken after submitting the form.

• target: This specifies on which browser tab the response will be displayed after form submission.

• method: This attribute is used to define the HTTP method used to submit the form.

What a normal HTML Form Contains?

• <input>

• <label>

• <select>

• <option>

• <textarea>

• <button>

(we will learn about these in upcoming tutorials)

Simple Form Example:

<form action="/index.php" target="_blank" method="get">

    Name: <input type="text"/>

    Last Name: <input type="text">

    <button type="submit"> Submit </button>

</form>

Output:

Form Tag in HTML

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