HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
disabled
(
disabled="disabled"
in XHTML)
Disables the control for user input. It can be altered only via a script. Browsers may dis-
play disabled controls differently (grayed out, for example), which could be useful for
dimming certain controls until required information is supplied. Applies to all input types.
form="
id of the form owner
id of the form owner
"
Not in HTML 4.01
. Explicitly associates the input control with its associated form (its
form owner
). With this method, the input control does not need to be a child of the applic-
able
form
element. Applies to all input types.
formaction="
URL
URL
"
Not in HTML 4.01
. Specifies the application that will process the form. It is used only
with a submit button (
type="submit"
or
"image"
) and has the same function as the
ac-
tion
attribute for the
form
element.
formenctype="
content type
content type
"
Not in HTML 4.01
. Specifies how the form values are encoded with the
post
method
type. It is used only with a submit button (
type="submit"
or
"image"
) and has the same
function as the
enctype
attribute for the
form
element. The default is Internet Media Type
(application/x-www-form-urlencoded
). The value
multipart/form-data
should be
used in combination with the
file
input type. The
text/plain
value sets the MIME type
to
text/plain
.
formmethod="get|post"
Not in HTML 4.01
. Specifies which HTTP method will be used to submit the form data.
It is used only with a submit button (
type="submit"
or
"image"
) and has the same func-
tion as the
method
attribute for the
form
element.
formnovalidate
(
formnovalidate="formnovalidate"
in XHTML)
Not in HTML 4.01
. Indicates that the form is not to be validated during submission. It is
used only with a submit button (
type="submit"
or
"image"
) and has the same function
as the
novalidate
attribute for the
form
element.
