HTMLFormElement : HTMLElement
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Defines a clickable button element.

Platform Support

Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
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Constructors

Constructor Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
HTMLFormElement Constructor() : HTMLFormElement
Creates an instance of the HTMLFormElement.
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HTMLFormElement() : HTMLFormElement

Creates an instance of the HTMLFormElement.

Returns
HTMLFormElement

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Properties

Property Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
acceptCharset : String
Gives the character encodings that are to be used for the submission.
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action : String
Specifies the action attribute of the form element.
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autocomplete : String
Specifies the autocomplete attribute of the form element.
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enctype : String
Specifies the encoded type of the form element.
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method : String
Specifies the method for the form (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
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name : String
Specifies the name of the form.
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noValidate : Boolean
Specifies whether form is validated during submission.
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target : String
Specifies the target for the form.
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elements : HTMLFormControlsCollection
An HTMLFormControlsCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches listed elements whose form owner is the form element, with the exception of input elements whose type attribute is in the Image Button state.
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length : Number
Specifies the number of nodes represented by the elements collection.
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Inherited Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
getElementsByClassName(String classNames) : NodeList
Returns a NodeList containing all the Element nodes with the specified classNames.
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Parameters
String classNames (one-or-more)A string representing the class name(s) of the elements to return. Multiple class names should be separated by spaces.

Returns
NodeList

Using getElementsByClassName

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which the class "question" applies.

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question issue");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which both the classes "question" and "issue" apply.

Remarks

Returns a list of child elements to which the specified className applies. The returned NodeList is sorted in tree order (the order the elements were found during a depth-first preorder traversal through the node tree).

See Also

Document.getElementsByClassName|Element.getElementsByClassName|HTMLDocument.getElementsByClassName

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Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
item(Number index) : void
Returns the indexth element in the form.
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Parameters
Number index The value of index.

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namedItem(String name) : void
Returns the form control in the form with the given ID or name.
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Parameters
String name The name of the item.

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submit() : void
Submits the form element from the form element itself, with the scripted-submit flag set.
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reset() : void
Resets the form element.
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checkValidity() : Boolean
The user agent must instanceally validate the constraints of the form element, and return true if the constraint validation return a positive result, and false if it returned a negative result.
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Returns
Boolean

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dispatchFormInput() : void
When invoked, the user agent must broadcast forminput events from the form element.
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dispatchFormChange() : void
When invoked, the user agent must broadcast formchange events from the form element.
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References

HTMLFormElement

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