HTML5- Form and Multimedia Flashcards
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What is the full form of HTML?
Hyper Text Markup Language
Give two examples of web browsers
- Google Chrome
- Safari
What is HTML?
HTML is a language in which you can make web pages on the Internet and view them using a web browser
What are HTML documents made of?
HTML documents are made up of text content and special codes known as tags.
What is the function of text content and tags?
They tell web browsers how to display the content
What is input control?
– An INPUT CONTROL is a type of input mechanism on a form.
– A form may contain several different types of input controls classified as DATA or TEXT input controls.
What is data input control?
A data input control can be a:
- Radio button (RADIO)
- Check box (CHECKBOX)
- Submit button (SUBMIT)
- Reset button (RESET)
- Selection menu (SELECT)
What is text input control
A TEXT input control allows the user to enter text through the following:
> Text box (TEXT) -
for small amount of text
> Textarea box (TEXTAREA) -
for large amount of text
> Password box (PASSWORD) -
for entering a password
What is text control?
A text control creates a text box that is used for a single line of input
What are the attributes of text control?
The text controls have two attributes:
1. MAXLENGTH: determines the number of characters that are displayed on the form.
2. SIZE: specifies maximum length of the input field
What is PASSWORD control?
- creates a text box used for single line of input, except that the characters entered into the field can appear as asterisks or bullets.
- a password text box holds the password entered by a visitor,
What is RADIO control?
- limits the web page visitor to only one choice from a list of choices.
- each option is preceded by a radio or option button, which typically appears as a circle
What is CHECKBOX control?
- allows a web page visitor to select more than one choice from a list of choices.
- each choice in a checkbox list can either be on or off
- by default, all checkboxes are deselected.
What is SELECT control?
- creates a selection menu from which the visitor selects one or more choices.
- this prevents the visitor from having to type information into a text or textarea field.
What is TEXTAREA control?
- creates a field that allows multiple lines of input.
- it is useful when detailed input is required from or desired by a web page visitor.
What is SUBMIT button?
- send the information to the appropriate location for processing.
- a web page form must include a Submit button.
What is RESET button?
- clears any input that was entered in the form. resetting the input controls back to the default.
- a web page form must also include a reset button
What is a FORM?
- we can use forms to collect information from people who visit our websites.
- a form has input fields for users to enter information and limits choices to valid options to avoid incorrect data entry.
- forms provide an easy way to collect required information.
What are the three important parts of a web page?
Web page forms have three important parts
i. a <FORM> tag
ii. form input elements
iii. a SUBMIT button
While making a form, why do we write HTML?
While designing and building a form, you write HTML to define the different objects that allow users to type or select information.
What does these objects include?
These objects can include text fields, radio buttons, checkboxes and other options.
What should all forms also include?
All forms should include a SUBMIT BUTTON for sending the data to a web server for processing
When should we set up a form?
We must set up a form before we can add information to it.
What should we do in order to set up a form?
To set up a form, we need to specify two important information, i.e. METHOD and ACTION property of <FORM> tag.