Forms - HTML Cheatsheet

For functional forms, you’ll have to run a script. The HTML just creates the appearance of a form.

<form></form> Creates all forms

<select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select> Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.

<option> Sets off each menu item

<select name="NAME"></select> Creates a pulldown menu

<option> Sets off each menu item

<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea name> Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.

<input type="checkbox" name="NAME"> Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.

<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x"> Creates a radio button. Text follows tag

<input type="text" name="NAME" size=20> Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.

<input type="submit" value="NAME"> Creates a Submit button

<button type="submit">Submit</button> Creates an actual button that is clicked

<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif"> Creates a Submit button using an image

<input type="reset"> Creates a Reset button