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HTML DOM Form Object

Form Object

The Form object represents an HTML form.

For each instance of a <form> tag in an HTML document, a Form object is created.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Form Object Collections

Collection	Description	IE	F	O	W3C
elements[]	Returns an array containing each element in the form	5	1	9	Yes

Form Object Properties

Property	Description	IE	F	O	W3C
acceptCharset	Sets or returns a list of possible character-sets for the form data	No	No	No	Yes
action	Sets or returns the action attribute of a form	5	1	9	Yes
enctype	Sets or returns the MIME type used to encode the content of a form	6	1	9	Yes
id	Sets or returns the id of a form	5	1	9	Yes
length	Returns the number of elements in a form	5	1	9	Yes
method	Sets or returns the HTTP method for sending data to the server	5	1	9	Yes
name	Sets or returns the name of a form	5	1	9	Yes
target	Sets or returns where to open the action-URL in a form	5	1	9	Yes

Standard Properties

Property	Description	IE	F	O	W3C
className	Sets or returns the class attribute of an element	5	1	9	Yes
dir	Sets or returns the direction of text	5	1	9	Yes
lang	Sets or returns the language code for an element	5	1	9	Yes
title	Sets or returns an element's advisory title	5	1	9	Yes

Form Object Methods

Method	Description	IE	F	O	W3C
reset()	Resets the values of all elements in a form	5	1	9	Yes
submit()	Submits a form	5	1	9	Yes

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