HTML Forms

Question 1

What is an <em>HTTP request</em>?

Answer 1

The thing that instructs the computer how to handle incoming information

Question 2

What does the < form > element do?

Answer 2

Collects information

Question 3

What attributes does the < form > element need?

Answer 3

action and method

Question 4

What does the action attribute do?

Answer 4

determies where the information is sent

Question 5

What does the method attribute do?

Answer 5

It is assigned an HTTP verb and is included in the HTTP request

Question 6

How do you add a text box for typing on a form

Answer 6

With the < imput > element

Question 7

What attributes does the < input > element need?

Answer 7

The type attribute, the value attribute and the name attribute

Question 8

What does the type attribute do?

Answer 8

It tells the computer what type of information is coming in, typically you would write “text”?

Question 9

What does the name attribute do

Answer 9

Helps the browser know what to do with the information, just write “first-text-field”

Question 10

What does the value attribute do?

Answer 10

Puts text in the text box

Question 11

What element is used to add a label to the textbox?

Answer 11

A < label > element

Question 12

How does the < label > element know which text box to label?

Answer 12

By assigning the < label > element a for attribute, you can give the input element the id attribute and make them the same

Question 13

How do you make a password forum?

Answer 13

Add the attribute type=”password”

Question 14

How do you restrict the person to type only numbers?

Answer 14

By setting type to numbers

Question 15

What does the step attribute do?

Answer 15

It makes up and down arrows in the text box which allows you to increase and decrease the numbers

Question 16

How do you make a range imput?

Answer 16

By setting type to range, you also must include the min and max

Question 17

How do you make a checkbox?

Answer 17

Set type to checkbox

Question 18

What are Radio Button Inputs?

Answer 18

Inputs with only one answer, unlike check boxes where you can choose multiple. You make a radio button input by setting the type to radio

Question 19

How do you make a drop down list?

Answer 19

Use the select element with the id and name, and then add child option elements are write the name inside them, remember to also set to value to that name

Question 20

What is a datalist?

Answer 20

A data list is like a drop down list but users can type into it

Question 21

How do you make a datalist?

Answer 21

Use the input element, and add the attribute “list” and set it to the id of the data list and set the type attribute to text. Then add children elements to the data list element and those will show

Question 22

How do you change the size of a textarea box?

Answer 22

With the rows and cols attributes

Question 23

How do you add a value to the textarea box?

Answer 23

By putting it in between the opening and closing tabs.