accept

Specifies a comma-separated list of content types that a server processing this form will handle correctly. User agents may use this information to filter out non-conforming files when prompting a user to select files to be sent to the server. This is an attribute of the form tag.

Specifies the list of character encodings for input data that must be accepted by the server processing this form. The value is a space- and/or comma-delimited list of character set values. The server must be able to accept any single character encoding per entity received.

Assigns an access key to an element. An access key is a single character from the document character set. This attribute can be used by the checkbox, dbselect, input, pagebar, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, richtext, select, and textarea tags.

Specifies a form processing agent. For example, the value might be a HTTP URI (to submit the form to a program) or a mailto URI (to email the form).

Specifies the horizontal alignment of an element with respect to the surrounding context. Options are:

Value	Text lines are:
left	flush left
right	flush right
center	centered
justify	justified to both margins

This attribute can be used in the dbselect, select, and textarea tags.

Specifies the width of the border in pixels. This attribute can be used in the docnavimg tag.

One of the %coreattrs entity options that specifies a predefined (CSS) class that defines the style in which to display an element, such as an error message. You can specify multiple classes for a single element, but the class names must be separated by white spaces. This attribute can be used in the attachmentlist, checkbox, deletedoc, editdoc, formlink, form, input, newdoc, nextdoc, option, pagebar, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, prevdoc, radio, savedoc, saveclosedoc, textarea, validatecc, validatedate, validatelength, validatepattern, validaterange, validaterequired, validatesummary, and validatewith tags.

Visible width in average character widths. This attribute is used in the textarea tag.

One of the %reserved HTML entity options representing the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) for a singular or tabular data source. In the dbselect and select tags, represents the name of the database that contains the requested data. This attribute can be used in the dbselect tag.

One of the %i18n entity options that specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text. Can be either ltr (left to right) or rtl (right to left). This attribute can be used in the form, input, option, and textarea tags.

When set for a form control, this Boolean attribute disables the control for user input. When set, the disabled control does not receive focus, is skipped in the tabbing order, and is not valid for submission. This attribute is inherited, but local declarations override the inherited value. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, docnavimg, input, option, select, radio, and textarea tags.

Indicates the string to display in a selection box. This may be different from the value that is returned to the form handler when the option is selected. For instance, you may want a selection list to display a user's name (display attribute) and the server to receive the user's password (value attribute). This attribute can be used in the option tag.

Specifies the content type used to submit the form to the server (when the form tag's method attribute is post). Default is application/x-www-form-urlencoded. The value "multipart/form-data" should be used in combination with the input element when the value of the input tag's type attribute is file.

Assigns a name to an element. The name must be unique in the document and must begin with a letter. The letter can be followed by any number of letters, digits, hyphens, underscores, colons, and periods. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, <input>, <formlink>, option, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

Enables authors to specify a shorter label for an option than the body of the tag. When specified, user agents should use the value of this attribute rather than the body of the option tag. In the checkbox tag, defines the label that is displayed for the checkbox. If not specified, the body of the tag is used as the label. If no body is present, assumes that the label is being declared inline, in the same manner as one would declare the label for a standard HTML <input> tag. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, option, and radio tags.

One of the %i18n entity options that identifies the language code to use in displaying text (per the RFC1766 specification). The language code must begin with a letter and can be followed by any number of letters, digits, hyphens, underscores, colons, and periods. This attribute can be used in the form, input, option, and textarea tags.

Specifies the scripting language of the contents of this element. This attribute can be used in the form, input, option, and textarea tags.

Specifies the maximum number of characters that a user may enter in an input field when the type attribute equals text or password. This attribute can be used in the input tag.

Stand-alone value. If the string "multiple" is present in the select or dbselect tag, the user can select more than one option at a time. Depending on the user's operating system, they may need to use the control or shift keys to perform multi-selection. If not present, the select and dbselect tags only permit single selections. This attribute can be used in the dbselect and select tags.

Name of the control on the Web page. The scope of a name attribute in the context of a form tag is within that form tag. Each control has an initial value and a current value. For the setitem tag, you can set the initial value using the value attribute. This attribute can be used in the formlink, item, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, preserve, and viewitem tags. (It is required for the checkbox, form, input, radio, select, textarea, validatecc, validatedate, validatelength, validatepattern, validaterequired, and validatewith tags.)

Event that occurs after a control is updated. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, input, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs before a control is updated. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, input, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when a control loses focus either from the mouse or tabbing navigation. This attribute can be used in the dbselect, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when a control loses the input focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, input, and radio tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse button is clicked over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse button is double clicked over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when a control is dragged. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, input, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when the element receives focus either from the mouse or tabbing navigation. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when Help is activated by a user. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, formlink, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, input, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a key is pressed down over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a key is pressed and released over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a key is released over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse button is pressed over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse is moved while it is over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse is moved away from an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse is moved onto an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An %events entity option that occurs when a mouse button is released over an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, form, formlink, input, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An event that occurs when a form is reset.

Event that occurs when a control is resized. This attribute is used in the dbselect and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when focus is given to a row. This attribute is used in the dbselect and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when focus leaves a row. This attribute is used in the dbselect and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when a user selects some text in a text field. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, input, radio, and textarea tags.

Event that occurs when a control is selected. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, formlink, input , pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, and textarea tags.

An event that occurs when a form is submitted.

Stand-alone value. If specified, prohibits changes to the control. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, input, radio, select, and textarea tags.

Number of visible text lines. This attribute can be used in the textarea tag.

Stand-alone value. If specified, the option displays in a selection field. If not specified, the value listed as the first option tag within the select tag displays. This attribute can be used in the option tag.

Number. In the input tag, indicates the width of the control in pixels unless the type equals text or password, in which case it is specified as the number of characters. In the dbselect and select tags, indicates how many of the rows of options to display in the HTML selection box. This attribute can be used in the dbselect, input, and select tags.

URI. Specifies the location of the image resource. This attribute can be used in the input tag.

One of the %coreattrs options that specifies the in-line style attributes for an element, such as an error message. Use HTML to define this attribute. This attribute can be used in the attachmentlist, checkbox, deletedoc, editdoc, formlink, form, input, newdoc, nextdoc, option, pagebar, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, prevdoc, radio, savedoc, saveclosedoc, textarea, validatecc, validatedate, validatelength, validatepattern, validaterange, validaterequired, validatesummary, and validatewith tags.

Number that specifies the position of the current element in the tabbing order for the current document. This value must be a number between 0 and 32767. User agents should ignore leading zeros. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, dbselect, formlink, input, pagebar, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, pageprev, radio, richtext, select, and textarea tags.

Specifies the name of the frame in which a document should open. This attribute can be used in the formlink, pagebar, pagefirst, pagelast, pagenext, and pageprev tags.

One of the %coreattrs entity options that provides advisory information about an element. This attribute can be used in the checkbox, form, input, option, radio, richtext, and textarea tags.

Specifies the type of control to create. The options are listed in the following table beside their Domino Designer equivalents (where applicable):

HTML input type	Description	Equivalent Domino field type
button	Push button with associated client-side scripts for the element's event attributes. The value attribute of the input tag specifies the text to use as the button label.	N/A
checkbox	Control that has a toggle switch. When the checked attribute is "on", the control value is selected. Note This option cannot be used with the input tag. To represent a Checkbox field, use the checkbox tag instead.	Checkbox
file	Displays a file selection dialog box. Note This option cannot be used with the Domino tags. Use the attachments tag or a standard HTML <input> tag instead.	N/A
hidden	Control that is not rendered, but whose value is submitted with the form.	N/A
image	Graphical submit button. The src attribute specifies the URI of the image to display on the button. Note This option cannot be used with the Domino tags. Use a standard HTML <input> tag instead.	N/A
password	The password value is stored in the item in the document. If the value is changed in the browser, it is written into the item before the document is saved.	Password
radio	Control that has a mutually exclusive toggle switch. When the checked attribute is "on", the control value is selected. Note This option cannot be used with the input tag. To represent a Radio button field, use the radio tag instead.	Radio button
reset	Button that resets all controls to their initial values. In the input tag, updates the button label to equal the value of the item in the document.	N/A
submit	Button that submits a form. In the input tag, only updates the button label to equal the value of the item in the document.	N/A
text	Single-line input control. In the input tag, the value in the text field is stored in the item in the document. If the value is changed in the browser, it is written into the item before the document is saved.	Text field

Identifies the value of a tag. When used in the option tag, indicates the value to return as the selected option to the form handler. If not specified, the body of the option tag is sent as the selected value. This attribute is also used in the checkbox and radio tags.

Wraps text, keeping it aligned within preset margins. This attribute can be used in the textarea tag.

The Domtags tag library

Glossary