HTML Forms :

An HTML form is used to collect user input.

HTML Form Attributes

• Action Attribute : The actionattribute defines the action to be performed when the form is submitted.
• The Method Attribute : The method attribute specifies the HTTP method to be used when submitting the form data. The form-data can be sent as URL variables (with method="get") or as HTTP post transaction (with method="post").

HTML <form> Elements

The HTML <form> element can contain one or more of the following form elements:

• <input> - The <input> element can be displayed in several ways, depends type of attribute.
• <label> - The <label>element defines a label for several form elements.
• <textarea>-The <textarea> element defines a multi-line input field
• <button> - The <button>element defines a clickable button
• <fieldset> and <legend>-The <fieldset> element is used to group related data in a form. The <legend> element defines a caption for the <fieldset> element.
• <datalist> - The <datalist> element specifies a list of pre-defined options for an <input> element.Users will see a drop-down list of the pre-defined options as they input data.The list attribute of the <input> element, must refer to the id attribute of the <datalist> element.
• <option> -The <option>tag defines an option in a select list.
• <select> -The <select>element defines a drop-down list.
• <meter> and <progress> - show progress or range needs value attribute and max attribute.

HTML Input Types

Here are the different input types you can use in HTML: