Web Form Design - Intro to HTML Forms

 

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HTML <form> tag

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The tag used to create HTML forms is the:

<form> tag
Other tags used to create HTML forms

These tags are used to create form-associated elements meaning they are associated with an HTML form.

<button> tag
can have a <label> and is included in data sent when form is submitted
<fieldset> tag with a <legend> tag
labels a set of form fields as a group
<input> tag
can have a <label> and is included in data sent when form is submitted
<keygen> tag
can have a <label> and is included in data sent when form is submitted
<label> tag
associates a label with one of the other form-associated elements
<meter> tag
can have a <label>
<object> tag
is included in data sent when form is submitted
<output> tag
can have a <label>
<progress> tag
can have a <label>
<select> tag with <optgroup> and <option> tags or referencing a <datalist> tag
can have a <label> and is included in data sent when form is submitted
<textarea> tag
can have a <label> and is included in data sent when form is submitted

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