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The Form's Action Attribute and the Submit Button
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| The Form's Action Attribute and the Submit Button When the user clicks on the "Submit" button, the content of the form is sent to another file. The form's action attribute defines the name of the file to send the content to. The file defined in the action attribute usually does something with the received input. How it looks in a browser Username Submit If you type some characters in the text field above, and click the "Submit" button, you will send your input to a page called "html_form_action.asp". That page will show you the received input. The following HTML code segment is needed to produce a reset and submit button The above HTML code segment would produce the following results in a web browser Reset Submit TYPE THE DOCUMENT TITLE 65 TAG NAME select PURPOSE This element creates a pull-down menu. The TYPE THE DOCUMENT TITLE 66 TAG NAME textarea PURPOSE This element specifies a multi-line text area. The columns and rows attributes in the The above HTML code segment would produce the following results in a web browser Enter comments Start... Overview When the "submit" button is clicked, the form data is sent to a CGI program (specified in the action attribute of tag which should be running on a web server. The CGI program receives the form data and processes the data. If the CGI program is not created, the HTML form basically serves only a visual appeal with no interaction or processing capabilities. It will only look like an online form is on a web page until a CGI program is implemented to process the active form data. |