XHTML Forms - Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML - page 363

Table 9.8 Common submit button attributes

Common
Attributes Values Usage

Configures the submit button.

type submit

Alphanumeric, no spaces,
begins with a letter

Names the form element so that it can be easily accessed by
client-side scripting languages (such as JavaScript) or by server-
side processing. The name should be unique.

name

Alphanumeric, no spaces,
begins with a letter

Provides a unique identifier for the form element.

id

Text or numeric characters Configures the text displayed on the submit button. By default,

the text “Submit Query” is displayed.

value

Reset Button. This form control is configured by the <input /> tag and is used to
reset the form fields to their initial values. A sample reset button is shown in Figure
9.13.

Figure 9.13
The reset button
gives Web page
visitors a chance to
reset or clear their
mistakes

The XHTML code follows:

<input type="reset" />

Common reset button attributes are listed in Table 9.9.

Table 9.9 Common reset button attributes

Common
Attributes

Values Usage

Configures the reset button.

type reset

Alphanumeric, no spaces,
begins with a letter

Names the form element so that it can be easily accessed by
client-side scripting languages (such as JavaScript) or by
server-side processing. The name should be unique.

name

Alphanumeric, no spaces,
begins with a letter

Provides a unique identifier for the form element.

id

Text or numeric characters Configures the text displayed on the reset button. By default,

the text “Reset” is displayed.

value

Button. This form control is configured by the <input /> tag and offers a flexible
user interface. There is no default action when the button is clicked. Form information
is not sent to the Web server when this button is clicked.