Creating XHTML Forms (<form>)

You use the <form> element to create an XHTML form, which you use to contain XHTML controls such as buttons and text fields. This element is supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Frameset, and XHTML 1.1. Here are its attributes:

AttributeDescription
acceptHolds a comma-separated list of content types that a server processing this form will handle correctly. (XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Frameset, XHTML 1.1.)
accept-charsetHolds a list of possible language character sets for the form data. (XHTML 1.0 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Frameset, XHTML 1.1.)
actionIs required. Gives the URI that will handle the form data.
classGives the style class of the element. ...

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