HTML Form Attributes

This article describes the different attributes for the <form> tag.

• The Action Attribute
  
  
  The action attribute defines the action to be performed when the form is submitted.
  Usually, the form data is sent to a file on the server when the user clicks on the submit button.
• The target attribute
  
  The target attribute specifies where to display the response that is received after submitting the form.
  The target attribute can have one of the following values:
  
  1. _blank The response is displayed in a new window or tab
  2. _self The response is displayed in the current window
  3. _parent The response is displayed in the parent frame
  4. _top The response is displayed in the full body of the window
  5. framename The response is displayed in a named iframe
• The method attribute specifies the HTTP method to be used when submitting the form data.
  
  The form-data can be sent as URL variables (with method="get") or as HTTP post transaction (with method="post").
  The default HTTP method when submitting form data is GET.
  
• The autocomplete atttribute
  
  If it is "on", the form fields will gain suggestions in a dropdown box as you type characters in a text field. Example:
  <form action="/action_page.php" autocomplete="on">
• The novalidate attribute is a boolean attribute.
  
  
  When present, it specifies that the form-data (input) should not be validated when submitted
  Example:
  <form action="/action_page.php" novalidate>
• The enctype attribute specifies how the form-data should be encoded when submitting it to the server.
  
  Note: The enctype attribute can be used only if method="post"
  If enctype is "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", characters are encoded before sent (spaces are converted to "+" symbols, and special characters are converted to ASCII HEX values)
  "multipart/form-data" attribute value is necessary if the user will upload a file through the form