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A webform, web form or HTML form on a web page allows a user to enter data that is sent to a server for processing. Forms can resemble paper or database forms because web users fill out the forms using checkboxes , radio buttons , or text fields .
Diagram of a double POST problem encountered in user agents. Diagram of the double POST problem above being solved by PRG. Post/Redirect/Get (PRG) is a web development design pattern that lets the page shown after a form submission be reloaded, shared, or bookmarked without ill effects, such as submitting the form another time.
Starting with HTML 4.0, forms can also submit data in multipart/form-data as defined in RFC 2388 (See also RFC 1867 for an earlier experimental version defined as an extension to HTML 2.0 and mentioned in HTML 3.2). The special case of a POST to the same page that the form belongs to is known as a postback.
type="submit" A submit button. type="image" An image button. The image URL may be specified with the src attribute. type="reset" A reset button for resetting the form to default values. type="text" A one-line text input field. The size attribute specifies the default width of the input in character-widths.
Scrolls the page so that the preview field is at the top. Keyboard shortcut: Shift-Alt-G (or Ctrl-Shift-G, depending on browser). Scroll to edit: Scrolls the page so that the edit buttons are at the top. Bottom Row Use wikEd: Toggles between classic text area and wikEd. Switches temporarily back to the 'standard' text editing area.
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Buttons appear as elements of HTML forms to carry out actions such as clearing user input or submitting the form contents to the server. Buttons specified in HTML may be rendered by web browsers in different ways, typically either using the native button appearance of the underlying OS , or by using a button definition from within the browser.