Reading notes for class 9

Forms forms serves the most important role of any website. the search bar. most notably the google.com search box. along with inputting text, forms serve other crucial roles:

• adding text
  • text input
  • password input
  • text area
• making choices
  • radio buttons
  • checkboxes
  • drop-down boxes
• submitting forms
  • submit buttons
  • imagine buttons
  • file upload

a forms main role is to recieve information from the user and proceess it to store or send back to the user in a new page.

form structure

<form action ="http://www.example.com/subscribe.php" method="get">
<p>This is where the form controls will appear. </p>
</form>

for text input you use <input type="text" name="username" size="15" maxlength="30" />

if you use type="password" the input from the user will be masked.

more types include :

• “email”
• “url”
• “search”
• “radio”
• “checkbox”
• “file”
• “submit”
• “image”
• “hidden”
• “date”

you can also group form elements together inside the <fieldset> element

information from a form is sent in name/value pairs.