Basics

Question 1

form element

Answer 1

wraps a section of the document that contains form controls

Question 2

action attribute

Answer 2

specifies the web address of a program that processes the information submitted via the form

Question 3

method attribute

Answer 3

specifies the HTTP method that the browser should use to submit the form, such as POST or GET

Question 4

• Create a form element
• Add an action attribute to the form element with the value “index.html”.
• Add a method attribute to the form element with the value “post”.

Answer 4

(form action=”index.html” method=”post”)

(/form)

Question 6

input element

Answer 6

• used to create many different types of form controls
• SCT

Question 8

type attribute

Answer 8

specifies what kind of form control should be rendered, such as text, email, passwords, and more

Question 10

name attribute

Answer 10

submitted with form data so that server-side code can parse the information

Question 12

• Inside the form element, add an input with the type attribute set to the value “text”.
• Add an id attribute with the value “name”.
• Add a name attribute to the input. Set its value to “user_name”.

(form action=”index.html” method=”post”)

(/form)

Answer 12

(form action=”index.html” method=”post”)

(input type=”text” id=”name” name=”user_name” /)

(/form)

Question 16

textarea element

Answer 16

• accepts multiple lines of text from the user
• most browsers will render the textarea element with a widget to allow for resizing the editing area

Question 18

• Inside the form element, add a textarea element
• Add an id attribute and set the value to “comment”.
• Add a name attribute and set the value to “user_comment”.

(form action=”index.html” method=”post”)

(/form)

Answer 18

(form action=”index.html” method=”post”)

(textarea id=”comment” name=”user_comment”)(/textarea)

(/form)

Question 19

button element

Answer 19

• renders a clickable button
• the type attribute specifies whether the button should submit the form data, reset the form, or have no default behavior for use with JavaScript
  
  • type=”reset”
  • type=”button”

Question 20

• Create a button element. Between the button tags, write the text “Submit Comment”.
• Add a type attribute with the value “submit”.

Answer 20

(button type=”submit”)Submit Comment(/button)