HTML Form Basic Types

Form Basic Types

There are many types of forms. First of all we will see what are they and how to create them. To give a brief introduction on the type of the forms and the controls used to create the forms.
"input" tag along with "form" tags is used for creating the following forms types

Control: <INPUT>

• Text
• Button
• Radio
• Checkbox
• Password
• Submit
• Reset

Using "textarea" tags inside "form" tags we can create the following forms types

Control: <textarea>

• Text Area - Used to enter multi line text

Using "select" tags inside "form" tags we can create the following forms types

Control: <select>

• Combobox - user can choose from options listed

"label" tags along with "form" tag is used for creating the following forms types

Control: <label>

• Text in terms of label