HTML DOM Form Object

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# HTML DOM Form Object

## Form Object

The Form object represents an HTML form.

For each instance of a <form> tag in an HTML document, a Form object is created.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

### Form Object Collections

Collection | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
elements[] | Returns an array containing each element in the form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Form Object Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
acceptCharset | Sets or returns a list of possible character-sets for the form data | No | No | No | Yes
action | Sets or returns the action attribute of a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
enctype | Sets or returns the MIME type used to encode the content of a form | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes
id | Sets or returns the id of a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
length | Returns the number of elements in a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
method | Sets or returns the HTTP method for sending data to the server | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
name | Sets or returns the name of a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
target | Sets or returns where to open the action-URL in a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Standard Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
className | Sets or returns the class attribute of an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
dir | Sets or returns the direction of text | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
lang | Sets or returns the language code for an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
title | Sets or returns an element's advisory title | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Form Object Methods

Method | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
reset() | Resets the values of all elements in a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
submit() | Submits a form | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

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