HTML Forms Day 4

Question 1

what are forms in HTML?

Answer 1

Forms in HTML allow for users/clients to interact with your application/website by inputting data. We create form elements using tags and then fill the form with a selection of different types of control elements.

Question 2

what are popular attributes and values of the form element?

Answer 2

attributes: action, method a
values: Action takes a URI like “/example.com” and Method takes a HTTP request method of either GET or POST.

Question 3

what are popular attributes and values of the input element?

Answer 3

attributes: type
values: button, checkbox, color, date, email, hidden, number, password, radio, submit, text, url: are popular values

Question 4

what are other popular attributes and values of the input element?

Answer 4

attributes: checked, name, placeholder, value.
values: Checked is either true or false. Name, placeholder, and value will be equal to a string.

Question 5

what are popular attributes and values of the label element?

Answer 5

attributes: for
values: the for attribute takes a string corresponding to the id attribute of an element being labeled.

Question 6

what are popular attributes and values of the select element?

Answer 6

attributes: name, disabled
values: Disabled is either true or false. Name will be equal to a string.

Question 7

what are popular attributes and values of the option element?

Answer 7

attributes: value, selected, disabled
values: Disabled/Selected is either true or false. Value is equal to a string.

Question 8

what are popular attributes and values of the Textarea element?

Answer 8

attributes: maxlength, minlength, name, rows, cols, wrap, spellcheck
values: values depend on the attribute but are usually just a string of text or numbers.