HTML Forms Part1

The <form> Element

HTML forms are used to collect user input.
The <form> element defines an HTML form:

Example

<form>
.
form elements
.
</form>

HTML forms contain form elements.
Form elements are different types of input elements, checkboxes, radio buttons, submit buttons, and more.

The <input> Element

The <input> element is the most important form element.
The <input> element has many variations, depending on the type attribute.
Here are the types used in this chapter:

Type	Description
text	Defines normal text input
radio	Defines radio button input (for selecting one of many choices)
submit	Defines a submit button (for submitting the form)