Topic: Working with Web Forms

This week, we will focus on Web page forms. Students learn the basics of form design, including the different control elements, and how to create them in HTML. You will learn how to use a table as a basis for form design as well as how to create and use form buttons, tab indices and access keys.

You will learn how Web forms can interact with a server-based program by inserting a form into a Web page. You will create and format an input box for simple text data, and then add a form label and link it to a control element.

You will create a selection list for a predefined list of data values; create option buttons for a list of possible field values; and add checkboxes for fields that have two possible values. You will also organize fields into field sets, and insert a text area box for multiple lines of text data.

Students will generate form buttons to submit or reset a form; and learn how data is sent from a Web form to a server. You will also learn how to create image fields, hidden fields, and file buttons, and apply tab indices and access keys to control elements.

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