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Chapter 5
Form in HTML
 Text box  Drop-down List
 Checkbox  Combo box,
 Radio button  Text area
 Password box  Submit button, and
 File input  Reset button

Q1: What is Form in html?

Ans: An HTML form is used to collect user input. The user input is
most often sent to a server for processing. Form starts with the
<form> tag and ends with the </form>
Q2: How to create HTML form?
Ans: HTML form begins with <form> tag and ends with the
</form> tag. It also includes some input elements or form
controls, like, text box, checkbox, radio password etc.
<form>
Input elememt or form controls
</form>
Q3: What is Action and method attribute in HTML form?
Ans:
Action: Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted.
Method: It Specifies that how the form information should be posted to the URL given in
the action attribute. Values of method are: GET and POST
GET POST
Appends the form data to the URL, in Appends the form data inside the body of
name/value pairs. the HTTP request (the submitted form data
is not shown in the URL)
The length of a URL is limited (2048 POST has no size limitations, and can be
characters) used to send large amounts of data.
GET is good for non-secure data POST is good for data security.
Q4: Write name of some Input elements or form controls.
Ans:
 Text box  Drop-down List
 Checkbox  Combo box,
 Radio button  Text area
 Password box  Submit button, and
 File input  Reset button

Q5: Explain some attributes of Input elements?

Ans:
1) Type: This attribute defines what kind of form control will be added to the form.
2) Name: The name attribute specifies the name of an <input> element.
3) Value: It specifies the initial value for th element.
4) Size: it specifies the width of the input field.
5) Maxlength: It specifies the maximum number of characters for the input field.
6) Checked: It determines that the checkbox or radio button should be pre-selected when
the web page loads.
7) Selected: It is use to show pre-selected option in Select option list, when the web page
loads.
Q6: What is Text box or Single line text field? How to add a TEXT BOX?
Ans: Text box allows a user to enter alphanumeric data in single line. We can use it to take
name, email id, phone no. etc.
<input type=”text” name=”firstName”>
Q7: What is Password box? How to add a PASSWORD BOX?
Ans: Password Box means whatever the user enters into this field does not get displayed.
It is use to take Password, OTP, PIN No. of ATM etc.
<input type=”Password” name=”Password”>

Q8: What is Radio Box? How to add a RADIO BOX?

Ans: It is used when a user has to make a selection of only one option among the several
possible options.
<input type=”Radio” name=”Gender”>

Q9: What is Check Box? How to add a CHECKBOX?

Ans: It is used when a user has to make selection of more than one option among the
several possible options.
<input type=”checkbox” name=”subject”>
Q10: What is Drop-down List or Select List or Select option? How to add a DROP-DOWN
LIST?
Ans: A drop-down list displays a list of options from which a user can select an items.
<select name=”City” >
<option> chadigarh<option>
<option> Kolkata<option>
<option> Bhopal<option>
<option> Patna<option>
<select>

Q11: What is Combo box? How to add a Combo Box?

Ans: A combo box is also a drop down list, but with a scroll feature added to it.
<select name=”City” size=3>
<option> chadigarh<option>
<option> Kolkata<option>
<option> Bhopal<option>
<option> Patna<option>
<select>

Q11: What is Multi-Select Option? How to add a Multi-Select Option?

Ans: A Multi select option displays a list of options from which a user can select more than
one option.
<select name=”City” multiple >
<option> chadigarh<option>
<option> Kolkata<option>
<option> Bhopal<option>
<option> Patna<option>
<select>

Q12: How to add Multi line text field or Textarea?

And: Text area is used to accept several lines of text from the user.
<textarea rows=10 cols=60 name=”address”> </textarea>
Rows attribute define the height of the teaxarea.
Cols attribute defines the width of textarea.
Q13: How to add Buttons?
Ans: There are two type of button in forms:
1) Submit Button : After clicking submit button data is sended to next page which is
metioned in action attribute.
<input type=”submit” value=”send”>
2) Reset Button: It is used to clear all the content of form.
<input type=”reset” value=”reset”>

Q14: Write HTML code to create a form with all basic input elements?
Ans:
<form>
Name: <input type=”text” name=”first name”> <BR>
Password: <input type=”Password” name=”Password”> <BR>
Gender:
M <input type=”radio” name=”G” > F <input type=”radio” name=”G” > <BR>
Subject:
Maths: <input type=”checkbox” name=”S1” >
English: <input type=”checkbox” name=”S2” >
Science: <input type=”checkbox” name=”S3” > <BR>

Address: <textarea rows=10 cols=60 name=”Address”> </textarea> <BR>

City:
<select name=”City” >
<option> chadigarh<option>
<option> Kolkata<option>
<option> Bhopal<option>
<option> Patna<option>
<select>
<BR>

<input type=”submit” value=”send”> <input type=”reset” value=”reset”>

</form>