Common HTML Tags for Forms

For functional forms, you’ll have to run a script. The HTML just creates the appearance of a form.

Tag	Description
<form> </form>	Creates all forms
<fieldset> </fieldset>	Groups related elements in a form. Draws a box around the related elements.
<legend> </legend>	Defines a caption for the fieldset element
<select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select>	Creates a drop-down menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.
<option>	Sets off each menu item
<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea>	Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">	Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.
<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">	Creates a radio button. Text follows tag
<input type="text" name="NAME" size=20>	Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
<input type="submit" value="NAME">	Creates a Submit button
<button type="submit">Submit</button>	Creates an actual button that is clicked
<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">	Creates a Submit button using an image
<input type="reset">	Creates a Reset button

Pattern	Definition
^	Start of a string.
$	End of a string.
.	Any character (except \n newline)
\|	Alternation.
{...}	Explicit quantifier notation.
[aeiou]	Matches any single character included in the specified set of characters.
(...)	Logical grouping of part of an expression.
*	0 or more of previous expression.
+	1 or more of previous expression.
?	0 or 1 of previous expression.
[0-9a-fA-F]	Use of a hyphen (–) allows specification of contiguous character ranges.
\d	Matches any decimal digit.