Below is a list of the most commonly used*** html element tags that control a form on the webpage. Note: Some attributes listed below have been depreciated in favor of Cascading Style Sheets. Creates and Controls Webpage Form Element Opening Tag Attributes Closing Tag Description form <form> action="location" method="type" </form> Creates the shell of a web form action - URL for processing program method - how data is sent to program (get or post) input <input> type="?" name="id" value="default" checked size="#" maxlength="#" onClick="script" None Creates an input field in a web form type - type of input field can be set to-- text - one line of text button - creates a button password - bullets displayed to hide password checkbox - square check box hidden - not visible on webpage file - file select control radio - circular radio button submit - submit button reset - reset button image - use an image as a button name - identifies input field value - default value in field checked - default radio or checkbox selected size - length of field in number of characters maxlength - maximum number of characters onClick - URL of script to run on submit option <option> value="?" selected </option> Creates one item in a drop-down menu list (see select tag) value - sets value for option selected - item selected by default select <select> name="id" size="#" multiple </select> Creates a drop-down menu list on web form name - identifies input field size - number of visible items in menu multiple - allows multiple selections textarea <textarea> name="id" rows="#" cols="#" </textarea> Creates a multi-line input field in a form name - identifies input field rows - number of rows = height of input box cols - number of cols = width of input box ***A complete list of html element tags can be found at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website. https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/elements.html **Color can be set using color names (red, black, etc) or RGB color codes or hexidecimal color codes.

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