elemental.html

Interface FormElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, ElementTraversal, EventTarget, Node, NodeSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

JsFormElement

public interface FormElement
extends Element

FORM elements share all of the properties and methods of other HTML elements described in the element section.

This interface provides methods to create and modify FORM elements using the DOM.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface elemental.dom.Element

ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT

Fields inherited from interface elemental.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkValidity()
String	getAcceptCharset() Reflects the accept-charset HTML attribute, containing a list of character encodings that the server accepts.
String	getAction() Reflects the action HTML attribute, containing the URI of a program that processes the information submitted by the form.
String	getAutocomplete() Reflects the autocomplete HTML attribute, containing a string that indicates whether the controls in this form can have their values automatically populated by the browser.
HTMLCollection	getElements() All the form controls belonging to this form element.
String	getEncoding() Synonym for enctype.
String	getEnctype() Reflects the enctype HTML attribute, indicating the type of content that is used to transmit the form to the server.
int	getLength() The number of controls in the form.
String	getMethod() Reflects the method HTML attribute, indicating the HTTP method used to submit the form.
String	getName() Reflects the name HTML attribute, containing the name of the form.
String	getTarget() Reflects the target HTML attribute, indicating where to display the results received from submitting the form.
boolean	isNoValidate() Reflects the novalidate HTML attribute, indicating that the form should not be validated.
void	reset() Resets the forms to its initial state.
void	setAcceptCharset(String arg)
void	setAction(String arg)
void	setAutocomplete(String arg)
void	setEncoding(String arg)
void	setEnctype(String arg)
void	setMethod(String arg)
void	setName(String arg)
void	setNoValidate(boolean arg)
void	setTarget(String arg)
void	submit() Submits the form to the server.

Methods inherited from interface elemental.dom.Element

blur, click, focus, getAccessKey, getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getBoundingClientRect, getChildElementCount, getChildren, getClassList, getClassName, getClientHeight, getClientLeft, getClientRects, getClientTop, getClientWidth, getContentEditable, getDataset, getDir, getElementsByClassName, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getFirstElementChild, getId, getInnerHTML, getInnerText, getLang, getLastElementChild, getNextElementSibling, getOffsetHeight, getOffsetLeft, getOffsetParent, getOffsetTop, getOffsetWidth, getOnabort, getOnbeforecopy, getOnbeforecut, getOnbeforepaste, getOnblur, getOnchange, getOnclick, getOncontextmenu, getOncopy, getOncut, getOndblclick, getOndrag, getOndragend, getOndragenter, getOndragleave, getOndragover, getOndragstart, getOndrop, getOnerror, getOnfocus, getOninput, getOninvalid, getOnkeydown, getOnkeypress, getOnkeyup, getOnload, getOnmousedown, getOnmousemove, getOnmouseout, getOnmouseover, getOnmouseup, getOnmousewheel, getOnpaste, getOnreset, getOnscroll, getOnsearch, getOnselect, getOnselectstart, getOnsubmit, getOntouchcancel, getOntouchend, getOntouchmove, getOntouchstart, getOnwebkitfullscreenchange, getOnwebkitfullscreenerror, getOuterHTML, getOuterText, getPreviousElementSibling, getScrollHeight, getScrollLeft, getScrollTop, getScrollWidth, getStyle, getTabIndex, getTagName, getTitle, getWebkitdropzone, getWebkitRegionOverflow, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, insertAdjacentElement, insertAdjacentHTML, insertAdjacentText, isContentEditable, isDraggable, isHidden, isSpellcheck, isTranslate, querySelector, querySelectorAll, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, scrollByLines, scrollByPages, scrollIntoView, scrollIntoView, scrollIntoViewIfNeeded, scrollIntoViewIfNeeded, setAccessKey, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setClassName, setContentEditable, setDir, setDraggable, setHidden, setId, setInnerHTML, setInnerText, setLang, setOnabort, setOnbeforecopy, setOnbeforecut, setOnbeforepaste, setOnblur, setOnchange, setOnclick, setOncontextmenu, setOncopy, setOncut, setOndblclick, setOndrag, setOndragend, setOndragenter, setOndragleave, setOndragover, setOndragstart, setOndrop, setOnerror, setOnfocus, setOninput, setOninvalid, setOnkeydown, setOnkeypress, setOnkeyup, setOnload, setOnmousedown, setOnmousemove, setOnmouseout, setOnmouseover, setOnmouseup, setOnmousewheel, setOnpaste, setOnreset, setOnscroll, setOnsearch, setOnselect, setOnselectstart, setOnsubmit, setOntouchcancel, setOntouchend, setOntouchmove, setOntouchstart, setOnwebkitfullscreenchange, setOnwebkitfullscreenerror, setOuterHTML, setOuterText, setScrollLeft, setScrollTop, setSpellcheck, setTabIndex, setTitle, setTranslate, setWebkitdropzone, webkitMatchesSelector, webkitRequestFullscreen, webkitRequestFullScreen

Methods inherited from interface elemental.dom.Node

addEventListener, addEventListener, appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, contains, dispatchEvent, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentElement, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, removeEventListener, removeEventListener, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent

Method Detail

getAcceptCharset

String getAcceptCharset()

Reflects the accept-charset HTML attribute, containing a list of character encodings that the server accepts.

setAcceptCharset

void setAcceptCharset(String arg)

getAction

String getAction()

Reflects the action HTML attribute, containing the URI of a program that processes the information submitted by the form.

setAction

void setAction(String arg)

getAutocomplete

String getAutocomplete()

Reflects the autocomplete HTML attribute, containing a string that indicates whether the controls in this form can have their values automatically populated by the browser.

setAutocomplete

void setAutocomplete(String arg)

getElements

HTMLCollection getElements()

All the form controls belonging to this form element.

getEncoding

String getEncoding()

Synonym for enctype.

setEncoding

void setEncoding(String arg)

getEnctype

String getEnctype()

Reflects the enctype HTML attribute, indicating the type of content that is used to transmit the form to the server. Only specified values can be set.

setEnctype

void setEnctype(String arg)

getLength

int getLength()

The number of controls in the form.

getMethod

String getMethod()

Reflects the method HTML attribute, indicating the HTTP method used to submit the form. Only specified values can be set.

setMethod

void setMethod(String arg)

getName

String getName()

Reflects the name HTML attribute, containing the name of the form.

setName

void setName(String arg)

isNoValidate

boolean isNoValidate()

Reflects the novalidate HTML attribute, indicating that the form should not be validated.

setNoValidate

void setNoValidate(boolean arg)

getTarget

String getTarget()

Reflects the target HTML attribute, indicating where to display the results received from submitting the form.

setTarget

void setTarget(String arg)

checkValidity

boolean checkValidity()

reset

void reset()

Resets the forms to its initial state.

submit

void submit()

Submits the form to the server.