HTMLFormElement : HTMLElement
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A Form in an HTML Document.

Platform Support

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Constructors

Constructor Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
HTMLFormElement Constructor() : HTMLFormElement
A Form in an HTML Document.
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HTMLFormElement() : HTMLFormElement

A Form in an HTML Document.

Returns
HTMLFormElement

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
acceptCharset : String
Comma or space-delimited list of character encodings that are accepted by the server processing the form.
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action : String
URL for submitting the form.
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autocomplete : String
Specifies whether form autocompletion, which automatically completes the fields on a form after the user has typed enough letters, is on or off.
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elements : HTMLCollection
Array of all of the elements in the form.
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enctype : String
Specifies the MIME type for the element data being sent to the server.
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length : Number
Number of elements in the form.
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method : String
Specifies the method to use to transfer form data to the server.
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name : String
Name of the form.
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/attributes.html

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target : String
Target window to use for displaying the result from submitting the form.
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Functions

Method Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
reset() : void
Resets the values of all of the elements in the form to their original values.
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Returns
void

See Also

Form.reset

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submit() : void
Submits the form.
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Returns
void

See Also

Form.submit

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References

Form

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