HTML Tutorial: HTML Forms

An HTML form is used to collect user input. Which is usually sent to a server for processing.

Form Element:

The <form> element is used to create an HTML form for user input.

Input Element:

The HTML <input> element is the most used form element

Text field:

The <input type ="text"> defines a single-line input field for text input.

<form>
  <label for ="fname">First name:</label><br>
  <input type ="text" id="fname" name="fname"><br>
  <label for ="lname">Last name: </label><br>/
  <input type = "text" id = "lname" name= "lname">
</form>

This will look like this:

First name:

Last name:

The Label Element:

The <label> tag serves to label many form elements. It is useful for screen-reader users because this will help them read out loud the label when the user focuses on the input element. It is also used by people with difficulty clicking on a small region.

Radio buttons:

The <input type = "radio"> defines the radio button.

<form>
  <input type ="radio" id = "male" name="gender" value="male">
  <label for ="male">Male</label>
  <br>
  <input type ="radio" id = "female" name="gender" value="female">
  <label for ="female">Female</label>
  <input type ="radio" id = "Other" name="gender" value="other">
  <label for ="other">Other</label>
</form>

This will look like this:

Male
Female
Other

Checkboxes

The <input type= "checkbox"> shows a checkbox. This gives users zero or more options to a limited amount of choice.

<form>
    <input type = "checkbox" id = "vehicle1" name ="vehicle1" value= "Bike">
      <label for = "vehicle1"> I have a bike</label>
        <br>
    <input type = "checkbox" id = "vehicle2" name ="vehicle2" value= "Car">
      <label for = "vehicle2"> I have a car</label>
</form>

This will look like this:

I have a bike
I have a car

The Submit button

The <input type="submit"> shows a button for submitting the form data to a form handler. The form handler is a file on a server with a script for processing input data.

<form action = "action_page.php">
  <label for ="fname">First name: </label><br>
  <input type ="text" id="fname" name="fname" value = "Emma"><br>
  <label for ="lname">Last name: </label><br>
  <input type ="text" id="lname" name="lname" value = "Smith"><br><br>
  <input type = "submit" value = "Submit">
</form>

This will look like this:

First name:

Last name:

The name attribute for the input tag

The name attribute is very important because if it's omitted the value in the input field will not be sent at all.

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