In this chapter, you learn how forms are structured and then created within
Dreamweaver. Each form object is explored in detail??”text fields, radio buttons,
checkboxes, menus, list boxes, command buttons, hidden fields, file fields, image
fields, and password fields.
How HTML Forms Work
Forms have a special function in HTML: They support interaction. Virtually all
HTML elements apart from forms are concerned with layout and presentation??”
delivering the content to the user, if you will. Forms, on the other hand, enable
the user to read information passively from the screen and to send information
back. Without forms, the Web would be a one-way street.
Forms have numerous uses on the Web, such as for surveys, electronic commerce,
guest books, polls, and even real-time custom graphics creation. For such
feedback to be possible, forms require an additional component beyond what is
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IN THIS CHAPTER
Forms overview
Including forms in your
Web page
Using text fields and text areas
Enabling options with radio
buttons, checkboxes, and
drop-down lists
Dreamweaver Technique:
Building a Form, Part 1
Dreamweaver Technique:
Building a Form, Part 2
Building a jump menu
Incorporating buttons in forms
Adding hidden fields and
password fields
Making forms accessible
Combining CSS with forms
Interactive Forms
seen onscreen so that each form can complete its function.
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