Creating HTML Forms Creating HTML Forms HTML Forms provide a way to prompt a user for information, and allow the user to enter information into the web page. A program is used to process the information after the user enters it. The most common type of Form processing program is a CGI script. There are many different tags that are used to create Forms. For example, you can create a simple text entry field to ask the user for a name, address, or other information.
Radio buttons give the user multiple choices, but they can select only one.
Text Area fields provide a larger space for text entry. These are often used as comment or suggestion boxes, but they can be used for a wide range of purposes. Combo Boxes present a list of values that can be chosen by the user from a pull-down list. These are often used as pull-down menus to navigate to web sites and can also be used to obtain information. Checkboxes are similar to radio buttons, except checkboxes are not part of a group of choices, and either a box is checked, or not.