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Form Object

The Form object represents an HTML form. It contains properties like action, method, and target that define how the form submits data. It also has collections like elements that contain the form controls, and methods like reset() and submit() to manipulate form data. Browser support for Form object properties and methods varies according to the table.

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Form Object

The Form object represents an HTML form. It contains properties like action, method, and target that define how the form submits data. It also has collections like elements that contain the form controls, and methods like reset() and submit() to manipulate form data. Browser support for Form object properties and methods varies according to the table.

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Form Object

The Form object represents an HTML form.

For each instance of a <form> tag in an HTML document, a Form object is created.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Form Object Collections

Collection Description IE F O W3C


elements[] Returns an array containing each element in the form 5 1 9 Yes

Form Object Properties

Property Description IE F O W3C


acceptCharset Sets or returns a list of possible character-sets for the form data No No No Yes
action Sets or returns the action attribute of a form 5 1 9 Yes
enctype Sets or returns the MIME type used to encode the content of a 6 1 9 Yes
form
id Sets or returns the id of a form 5 1 9 Yes
length Returns the number of elements in a form 5 1 9 Yes
method Sets or returns the HTTP method for sending data to the server 5 1 9 Yes
name Sets or returns the name of a form 5 1 9 Yes
target Sets or returns where to open the action-URL in a form 5 1 9 Yes

Standard Properties

Property Description IE F O W3C


className Sets or returns the class attribute of an element 5 1 9 Yes
dir Sets or returns the direction of text 5 1 9 Yes
lang Sets or returns the language code for an element 5 1 9 Yes
title Sets or returns an element's advisory title 5 1 9 Yes

Form Object Methods

Method Description IE F O W3C


reset() Resets the values of all elements in a form 5 1 9 Yes
submit() Submits a form 5 1 9 Yes

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