Permitted content #

Permitted attributes #

Descriptions for attributes specific to this element #

action = URI

The submission action for the form.

method = "get" or "post" or "put" or "delete"

The HTTP method with which a UA is meant to associate this element for form submission.

enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" or "multipart/form-data" or "text/plain"

A MIME type with which a UA is meant to associate the form contents for form submission.

accept-charset = character-encoding name list

Specifies the character encodings used for form submission.

novalidate = "novalidate" or "" (empty string) or empty NEW

Specifies that the element represents a form that is not meant to be validated during form submission.

target = browsing-context name or keyword

A browsing context or keyword that represents the target of the form.

autocomplete = "on" or "off" NEW

Specifies whether the element represents a form for which by default a UA is meant to store the values entered into its input elements by the user (so that the UA can pre-fill the form later).

Additional constraints and admonitions #

• The form element must not contain any nested form elements.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain flow elements

DOM interface #

[OverrideBuiltins]
interface HTMLFormElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute DOMString acceptCharset;
           attribute DOMString action;
           attribute DOMString autocomplete;
           attribute DOMString enctype;
           attribute DOMString method;
           attribute DOMString name;
           attribute boolean noValidate;
           attribute DOMString target;

  readonly attribute HTMLFormControlsCollection elements;
  readonly attribute long length;
  caller getter any item(in unsigned long index);
  caller getter any namedItem(in DOMString name);

  void submit();
  void reset();
  boolean checkValidity();

  void dispatchFormInput();
  void dispatchFormChange();
};

Typical default display properties #