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Chapter 6: Forms and Tables
Not only can you put a form in a table, you can also put a table in a form. This technique can be useful for creating a layout in which the form elements are precisely positioned with respect to each other. You learned about HTML tables in Chapter 4.
The <form> tag has several optional attributes that you may or may not need to use. These are described in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1. Optional attributes of the <form> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
| method | get, post | Use method="get" to send the form data in the URL. Use method="post" to send the form data in the request body. If this attribute is omitted then get is used. |
| name | Text | Defines a unique name for the form. Used primarily on Web pages that contain more than one form. |
| target | _blank, _top | Specifies where the results of the submission will display. use target="_blank" to open the results in a new window. Use target="_top" to open the results in the same window (the default). |
