5RD - Form Elements

Form Element Attribute

1. novalidate

   The novalidate attribute is a boolean attribute and simply says that the input should not be validated when submitted.

2. method

   The method attribute determines the HTTP method used when submitting form data. The options are method="get", or method="post". The get method appends the form data in the url so it should never be used to transmit sensitive data. The post method doesn't append the data so it is more secure.

3. action

   The action attribute determines what happens when the form is submitted.

Fieldset and Legend Elements

The fieldset element is used to group related data in a form, and the legend element provides a caption for the fieldset element.

Form Element Label

The for and id attributes of the label element are crucial for accessibility. In order to link the label element to an input element the for attribute needs to be named the same as the id attribute. Alternately you can nest the input element inside the label element and then you don't need the for and id attributes because the association is implicit.