In HTML, What Is a Form Tag?

HTML forms are used to collect different types of user input. HTML5 Input, with multiple new form input types, provides better input control and validation.

HTML form

HTML5 has several new form input types. These new features provide better input control and verification.

1.Input type-email

The email type is used for input fields that should contain e-mail addresses. When the form is submitted, the value of the email field is automatically verified.

2.Input type-url

The url type is used for input fields that should contain URL addresses. When the form is submitted, the value of the url field is automatically validated.

3.Input type-number

The number type is used for input fields that should contain numeric values. You can also set limits on the numbers accepted:

4.Input type-range

The range type is used for input fields that should contain numeric values within a range.

The range type is displayed as a slider.

You can also set limits on the numbers accepted:

5.Input type-Date Pickers (data checkers)

HTML5 has several new input types for picking dates and times:

date-select day, month, year

month-select month, year

week-select week and year

time-pick time (hours and minutes)

datetime-select time, day, month, year (UTC time)

datetime-local-select time, day, month, year (local time)

6.Input type-search

The search type is used to search domains, such as site search or Google search.

The search field appears as a regular text field. ^[2]

The form tags used in most cases are input tags (<input>). The input type is defined by a type attribute. The most commonly used input types are:

The "#" are new tags in HTML5.

label	description
<form>	Define a form for user input
<input>	Define input fields
<textarea>	Define a text field (a multi-line input control)
<label>	Define a control tag
<fieldset>	Domain
<legend>	The title of the domain
<select>	Define a select list
<optgroup>	Define option groups
<option>	Define options in a drop-down list
<button>	Define a button
<isindex>	Deprecated, replaced by <input>.
<datalist> (#)	Specify a list of predefined input control options
<keygen> (#)	Defined key pair generator fields for the form
<output> (#)	Define a calculation result