Form Attributes

HTML action attribute

The action attribute of <form> element defines the process to be performed on form when form is submitted, or it is a URI to process the form information.

The action attribute value defines the web page where information proceeds. It can be ".php", ".jsp", ".asp", etc. or any URL where we want to process our form.

Example:

<form action="action.html" method="post">  
 <label>User Name:</label><br>  
 <input type="text" name="name"><br>
 <label>User Password</label><br>  
 <input type="password" name="pass"><br>
 <input type="submit">  
</form>  

Output:

  
 User Name:
  
 

 User Password
  
 

   
  

HTML Method Attribute

The method attribute defines the HTTP method which browser used to submit the form. The possible values of method attribute can be:

post: We can use the post value of method attribute when we want to process the sensitive data as it does not display the submitted data in URL.

Example:

<form action="action.html" method="post"> 

Example:

<form action="action.html" method="get">  

HTML target attribute

The target attribute defines where to open the response after submitting the form. The following are the keywords used with the target attribute.

_self: If we use _self as an attribute value, then the response will display in current page only.

Example:

<form action="action.html" method="get" target="_self">  

Example:

<form action="action.html" method="get" target="_blank">  

HTML autocomplete attribute

The HTML autocomplete attribute is a newly added attribute of HTML5 which enables an input field to complete automatically.

It can have two values "on" and "off" which enables autocomplete either ON or OFF. The default value of autocomplete attribute is "on".

Example:

<form action="action.html" method="get" autocomplete="on">