RAP 2.1 Basic Forms

<form>

The <form> element acts as container for controls elements.

Contents	A combination of one element <input type=”submit”> and one or more of the following elements: <input>, <select>, <br>, <p> or one single <textarea> element
Attributes	attributes	values (Default are bolded)	description
	action	URL	Specifies a form processing agent. User agent behavior for a value other than an HTTP URL is undefined. Refer to [5] for correct URL format.
	method	get	Specifies the HTTP method used to send the form to the processing agent. Only get method is supported in XHTML-GP.

<input>

The <input> element represents editable area

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Attributes	attributes	values (Default are bolded)	description
	type	text password checkbox radio submit hidden	Specifies the type of control to create.
	name	text	Assigns name to the control. Not used for type=”submit”. Some names are reserved for Gigaset systems (see [5]).
	value	text	Specifies the initial value of the control. Mandatory for type=”radio” and type=”checkbox”.
	disabled	disabled	When set for a form control, this Boolean attribute disables the control for user input.
	checked	checked	Specifies the state of a button. Valid for type=”radio” and type=”checkbox”.
	inputmode	text digits dialpad	Specifies appropriate input mode for the text input expected in an associated input control. Possible values means: text: all available characters digits: digits only: 0…9 dialpad: dial characters: 0…9 and #, *, P, R
	maxlength	1..32	Specifies the maximum number of editable characters. Valid for type="text" and type="password"
	Example:
	<body> <form action="http://host.com/adddata" method="get"> <p>text description</p> <p>Text: <input type="text" name="input1" maxlength="12" value="default" /></p> <p>Password: <input type="password" name="input2" maxlength="12" /></p> <p>Checkmark <input type="checkbox" name="c1" checked="checked" value="check 1" /></p> <p>Radio 1 <input type="radio" name="r1" checked="checked" value="option 1" /></p> <p>Radio 2 <input type="radio" name="r1" value="option 2" /></p> <p><input type="submit" value="Send"/></p> </form> </body>

<select>

The <select> element indicates list with options.

Contents	One or more of the following elements: <option>
Attributes	attributes	values (Default are bolded)	description
	disabled	disabled	When set for a form control, this boolean attribute disables the control for user input.
	name	text	Assigns a name to the control.
	Example:
	<body> <form action="http://host.com/adddata" method="get"> <p>Color: <select name="colors"> <option value="1">red</option> <option value="2" selected="selected">green</option> <option value="3">blue</option> </select> </p> <input type="submit" value="Submit"/> </form> </body>

<option>

The <option> element represents choice of menu created by <select>

Contents	One or more of the following elements: text
Attributes	attributes	values (Default are bolded)	description
	value	text	Specifies initial value to the control.
	selected	selected	When set, this boolean attribute specifies that this option is pre-selected .

<textarea>

Element allows the creation of a multiline text window for textual user input.

Contents	One or more of the following elements: text
Attributes	attributes	values (Default are bolded)	description
	name	text	An attribute used to assign a variable name to a form control. The name should be unique within the document
	Example:
	<body> <form method="get" action="edit_result.jsp"> <textarea name="s1"> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. </textarea> <input type="submit" value="Search"/> </form> </body>

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