Forms

Please note that in order to make forms work, you will need to run a CGI script. The HTML just creates the appearance of the form.

<form></form>

Defines the beginning and the end of the form.

<select></select>

Creates a text pulldown menu.

Attributes:
• <select multiple>: creates a scrolling menu rather than a pulldown menu, so that you can select more than one item.
• <select name="?">: gives the menu a name, so that the CGI form will know what to associate the entered value with.
• <select size="?">: sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll. Used with <select multiple>.

<option>

Sets off each menu item. Used within <select></select>.

<textarea></textarea>

Creates a text box area. Use this if you want the user to be able to enter large amounts of text; use <input type=text> if you just want to have the user enter a couple of words or one line of text.

Attributes:
• <textarea name="?">: gives the text area a name, so that the CGI form will know what to associate the entered value with.
• <textarea cols=?>: sets the width of the text area.
• <textarea rows=?>: sets the height of the text area.

<input></input>

Creates an input area, whether it be a text input or a checklist.

Attributes:
• <input type="checkbox" name="?" checked>: creates a checkbox. To have the checkbox checked by default, enter "checked" as part of the attributes. Otherwise, leave it out.
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• <input type="radio" name="?" checked>: creates a radio button. To have the radio button selected by default, enter "checked" as part of the attributes. Otherwise, leave it out.
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• <input type="text"name="?" size=?>: creates a single-line text input area. Size sets the lenght of the area, in number of characters. For the default length, leave out the size attribute.
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• <input type="submit" value="Submit">: creates a Submit button. To change the name of the button, change value from "Submit" to something else.
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• <input type="reset">: creates a reset button. To change the name of the button, change value from "Reset" to something else.
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