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FUTM-CPT112 & FUTM-SWE112

(Front-End Web Development I)


HTML Part II
HTML Buttons
 TML buttons are defined with the <button> tag. The
<button> tag defines a clickable button. Inside a <button>
element you can put content, like text or images. This is the
difference between this element and buttons created with the
<input> element.
 Example: -Two button elements that act as one submit button
and one reset button (in a form):
 <form action="/action_page.php" method="get">
 First name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br>
 Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br>
 <button type="submit" value="Submit">Submit</button>
 <button type="reset" value="Reset">Reset</button>
 </form>
HTML Forms
 HTML Forms are required, when you want to
collect some data from the site visitor.
 For example, during user registration you would
like to collect information such as name, email
address, credit card, etc.
A form will take input from the site visitor and
then will post it to a back-end application such as
CGI, ASP Script or PHP script etc.
 Theback-end application will perform required
processing on the passed data based on defined
business logic inside the application.
HTML Forms cont…
 There are various form elements available like
text fields, text-area fields, drop-down menus,
radio buttons, checkboxes, etc.
 The
HTML <form> tag is used to create an
HTML form and it has following syntax:
<form action = "Script URL" method = "GET|
POST">
form elements like input, textarea etc.
</form>
Form Attributes
Apart from common attributes, following is a list of the most frequently used form attributes

S/N Attribu Description


te
1 Action Backend script ready to process your passed data.
2 Method Method to be used to upload data. The most frequently used
are GET and POST methods.
3 Target Method to be used to upload data. The most frequently used
are GET and POST methods.
4 Enctyp You can use the enctype attribute to specify how the browser
e encodes the data before it sends it to the server. Possible
values are:
 application/x-www-form-urlencoded − This is the
standard method most forms use in simple scenarios.
 mutlipart/form-data − This is used when you want to
upload binary data in the form of files like image, word file
etc.
HTML Form Controls
 Thereare different types of form controls that you
can use to collect data using HTML form:
1. Text Input Controls: There are three types of
text input used on forms:
A. Single-line text input controls: is used for
items that require only one line of user input, such
as search boxes or names. They are created using
HTML <input> tag. Here is a basic example of a
single-line text input used to take first name and
last name
A. Single-line text input controls:
Example
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head> <title>Text Input Control</title>
</head>
 <body>
 <form >
 First name: <input type = "text" name =
"first_name" /> <br>
 Last name: <input type = "text" name =
"last_name" /
 </form>
Attributes: Following is the list of attributes
for <input> tag for creating text field
S/N Attribut Description
e
1 Type Indicates the type of input control and for text
input control it will be set to text.
2 Name Used to give a name to the control which is sent
to the server to be recognized and get the value.
3 Value This can be used to provide an initial value inside
the control.
4 Size Allows specifying the width of the text-input
control in terms of characters.
5 maxleng Allows specifying the maximum number of
th characters a user can enter into the text box.
B. Password input controls:

 This is also a single-line text input but it masks the character


as soon as a user enters it. They are also created using HTML
<input> tag. Here is a basic example of a single-line
password input used to take user password:
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>

 <head> <title>Password Input Control</title> </head>


 <body>

 <form >
 User ID : <input type = "text" name = "user_id" /> <br>
 Password: <input type = "password" name =
"password" />
 </form>
Attributes: -Following is the list of attributes for
<input> tag for creating password field.

S/N Attribut Description


e
1 Type Indicates the type of input control and for
password input control it will be set to password.
2 Name Used to give a name to the control which is sent
to the server to be recognized and get the value.
3 Value This can be used to provide an initial value inside
the control.
4 Size Allows specifying the width of the text-input
control in terms of characters.
5 maxleng Allows specifying the maximum number of
th characters a user can enter into the text box.
C. Multi-line text input controls:

 This is used when the user is required to give details that may be
longer than a single sentence. They are created using HTML
<textarea> tag. Here is a basic example of a multi-line text input
used to take item description.
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head> <title>Multiple-Line Input Control</title> </head>
 <body>
 <form>
 Description : <br />
 <textarea rows = "5" cols = "50" name = "description">
 Enter description here...
 </textarea>
 </form>
Attributes: -Following is the list of attributes
for <textarea> tag.
S/N Attribut Description
e
1 Name Used to give a name to the control which is
sent to the server to be recognized and get the
value.
2 Rows Indicates the number of rows of text area box

3 Cols Indicates the number of columns of text area


box
2. Checkbox Control

 Checkboxes are used when more than one option is


required to be selected. They are also created using HTML
<input> tag but type attribute is set to checkbox. Here is
an example HTML code for a form with two checkboxes:
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>

 <head> <title>Checkbox Control</title> </head>


 <body>

 <form>

 <input type = "checkbox" name = "maths" value =


"on"> Maths
 <input type = "checkbox" name = "physics" value =
"on"> Physics
Attributes: Following is the list of attributes
for <checkbox> tag
S/ Attribut Description
N e

1 Type Indicates the type of input control and for


checkbox input control it will be set to checkbox.

2 Name Used to give a name to the control which is sent


to the server to be recognized and get the value.

3 Value The value that will be used if the checkbox is


selected.
4 Checked Set to checked if you want to select it by default.
3. Radio Button Control

 Radio buttons are used when out of many options; just one
option is required to be selected. They are also created using
HTML <input> tag but type attribute is set to radio. Here is
example HTML code for a form with two radio buttons
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>

 <head> <title>Radio Box Control</title> </head>


 <body>

 <form>

 <input type = "radio" name = "subject" value = "maths">


Maths
 <input type = "radio" name = "subject" value =
"physics"> Physics
Attributes: Following is the list of attributes for radio
button.
S/ Attribut Description
N e

1 Type Indicates the type of input control and for


checkbox input control it will be set to radio.

2 Name Used to give a name to the control which is sent


to the server to be recognized and get the value.

3 Value The value that will be used if the radio box is


selected.
4 Checked Set to checked if you want to select it by default.
4. Select Box Control

 A select box, also called drop down box which provides option to list
down various options in the form of drop down list, from where a
user can select one or more options. Here is example HTML code
for a form with one drop down box
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head> <title>Select Box Control</title> </head>
 <body>
 <form>
 <select name = "dropdown">
 <option value = "Maths" selected>Maths</option>
 <option value = "Physics">Physics</option>
 </select>
 </form> </body> </html>
Attributes: -Following is the list of important
attributes of <select> tag

S/ Attribut Description
N e

1 Name Used to give a name to the control


which is sent to the server to be
recognized and get the value.

2 Size This can be used to present a scrolling


list box.

3 Multiple If set to "multiple" then allows a user to


select multiple items from the menu.
Following is the list of important attributes of
<option> tag
S/ Attribu Description
N te

1 Value The value that will be used if an option in


the select box box is selected.

2 Selecte Specifies that this option should be the


d initially selected value when the page
loads.
3 Label An alternative way of labeling options
5. File Upload Box

 If you want to allow a user to upload a file to your web site,


you will need to use a file upload box, also known as a file
select box. This is also created using the <input> element
but type attribute is set to file. Here is example HTML code
for a form with one file upload box
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>

 <head><title>File Upload Box</title></head>


 <body>

 <form>

 <input type = "file" name = "file upload" accept =


"image/*" />
 </form>


Attributes: -Following is the list of important
attributes of file upload box

S/ Attribut Description
N e

1 Name Used to give a name to the control


which is sent to the server to be
recognized and get the value.

2 Accept Specifies the types of files that the


server accepts.
6. Button Controls

 There are various ways in HTML to create clickable buttons. You can also
create a clickable button using <input>tag by setting its type attribute to
button. The type attribute can take the following values

S/ Attribute Description
N

1 Submit This creates a button that automatically submits a form.

2 Reset This creates a button that automatically resets form


controls to their initial values.

3 Button This creates a button that is used to trigger a client-side


script when the user clicks that button.
4 Image This creates a clickable button but we can use an image as
background of the button.
6. Button Controls cont…
 Here is example HTML code for a form with three types of
buttons
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>

 <head> <title>File Upload Box</title> </head>


 <body>

 <form>

 <inputtype = "submit" name = "submit" value =


"Submit" />
 <input type = "reset" name = "reset" value = "Reset" />
 <input type = "button" name = "ok" value = "OK" />
 <input type = "image" name = "imagebutton" src =
"/html/images/logo.png" />
7. Hidden Form Controls

 Hidden form controls are used to hide data inside the


page which later on can be pushed to the server.
 Thiscontrol hides inside the code and does not appear
on the actual page. For example, following hidden
form is being used to keep current page number.
 When a user will click next page then the value of
hidden control will be sent to the web server and there
it will decide which page will be displayed next based
on the passed current page.
7. Hidden Form Controls cont…
 Here is example HTML code to show the usage of hidden
control
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>

 <head> <title>File Upload Box</title> </head>


 <body>

 <form>

 <p>This is page 10</p>


 <input type = "hidden" name = "pagename" value =
"10" />
 <input type = "submit" name = "submit" value = "Submit"
/>
 <input type = "reset" name = "reset” value = "Reset" />
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