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Chapter 7
Form

This chapter deals with the use of forms, which appear within a document to obtain input from the user.

Table 7.1 summarizes the objects in this chapter.

Table 7.1 Form objects
Object Description 
Button
 A push button on an HTML form.

Checkbox
 A checkbox on an HTML form.

FileUpload
 A file upload element on an HTML form.

Form
 Lets users input text and make choices from Form elements such as checkboxes, radio buttons, and selection lists.

Hidden
 A Text object that is suppressed from form display on an HTML form.

Option
 A Select object option.

Password
 A text field on an HTML form that conceals its value by displaying asterisks (*).

Radio
 A set of radio buttons on an HTML form.

Reset
 A reset button on an HTML form.

Select
 A selection list on an HTML form.

Submit
 A submit button on an HTML form.

Text
 A text input field on an HTML form.

Textarea
 A multiline input field on an HTML form.

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