HTML element: <form>
Availability
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Partial support as of BlackBerry®
Device Software version 3.7.
Full support as of BlackBerry Device Software version 4.6
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The <form> element specifies a form that gathers information from the user. Users can submit a form by using the <input> or <button> elements in which type=”submit”. After a submission, the form collects the names and values of enclosed <input>, <select>, and <textarea> elements and submits the query as part of the request (GET) or as post data (POST).
Differences between HTML, XHTML, and XHTML-MP
None.
Attributes
Attribute
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Value(s)
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Description
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Supported in
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accept
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content_type_list
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This attribute specifies a list of valid content types for the form data.
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4.6 or later
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accept-charset
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charset_list
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This attribute specifies a list of valid character sets for form data. The default value is accept-charset=”unknown”.
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4.6 or later
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action
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URI
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Required. This attribute provides a URI to which the form is submitted.
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3.7 or later
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enctype
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content_type
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This attribute specifies the content type the form data is encoded with. The BlackBerry® Browser
sets the value to enctype=”application/x-www-form-urlencoded”.
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3.7 or later
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method
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get
post
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This attribute specifies the HTTP method used to send the data to the server
- get: Default. This method sends form data as part of the URL, in the form action_URL?name1=value1&name2=value2....
This method can only be used if the form data is less than 100 characters.
- post: This method sends the form data as part of the request.
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3.7 or later
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name
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text
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Deprecated. This attribute specifies a unique name so that the form can be referred to in style sheets or scripts. Use the id attribute instead.
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3.7 or later
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onreset
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script
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This event attribute defines the script to run when the form data is submitted.
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4.0 or later
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onsubmit
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script
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This event attribute defines the script to run when the form is reset.
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4.0 or later
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target
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frame_target
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This attribute specifies where the target document will be opened. The value can be the id attribute of the target frame, or can have one of the following special values:
- _blank: Default. The document opens in a new window.
- _self: The document opens in the current frame.
- _parent: The document opens in the parent frameset.
- _top: The document opens in the full window.
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4.6 or later
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Common attributes
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The <form> element supports the following common attributes:
- class
- dir
- id
- lang
- style
- title
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4.6 or later
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Event attributes
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In addition to the onreset and onsubmit events, the <form>
element also supports the following events:
- onclick
- onkeydown
- onkeypress
- onkeyup
- onmousedown
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
- onmouseover
- onmouseup
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4.6 or later
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