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HTML forms are very important as they are used to collect data from the user. It will take information from the user and will post that into backend application or database. A form includes various attributes which define the input value type. Some of the most used form attributes for the input include a text box, text areas, radio buttons, etc. However, there are someeditional additional attributes that can be applied to form control elements such as date, reset, password, email, and file (Paciello, 1998).
A password is used in the HTML forms to identify the password field. It is used usually for a login or Sign-up forms. Reset is used in the HTML forms to define a reset button which will clear all the values in the form to its default values. It is mostly used in the feedback forms or filling applications for jobs or universities using a form on a website. A date is the input type which is being used to identify the input field that should contain a date. It is mostly used in forms for the date of birth. Email is also a fundamental attribute in the form which is used to define the input field as an email field. It is mostly used in sign up and login forms. A file is a form attribute which is used to select different types of files and upload them to a website. It is mostly used on the forms of applications or sign up forms.
Follow up 1
HTML forms also have attributes for an input field which are used to define an initial value for an input field which can assist a user inputting the appropriate value in the input field. The value attribute is used in HTML forms which specifies the value for an input field.
Follow up 2
HTML forms also allow selecting the input characters size for the input field because some times it is essential to specify the number of characters for a specific field. For example, a phone number of characters must not exceed 14 characters for that it is necessary to identify the size of the input field.
References
Paciello, M. (1998). Improving accessibility with HTML 4.0. Web Techniques, 3(6), 36-40. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/274854555?accountid=41759
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