HTML formaction Attribute

The HTML formaction Attribute determines the submission destination of form data, overriding the form’s default action. It’s exclusively applied to input/buttons with type=”submit”.

Syntax

< element formaction="URL">

Supported Tags

Attribute Values

It contains a single value URL which is used to specify the URL of the document where the data to be sent after submission of the form. The possible value of the URL is:

Type	Description	Example
Absolute URL	Points to the full address of a page.	“https://www.w3wiki.net/html-tutorial/“
Relative URL	Points to a file within a webpage.	“gfg.php”

HTML formaction Attribute Example

Example: In this example we demonstrates the formAction attribute, specifying the submission destination for form data, overriding the form’s default action, set to “test.php”.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>HTML formAction Attribute</title> 
    </head> 
  
    <body> 
        <h2>HTML formAction Attribute</h2> 
  
        <form
            action="#"
            method="get"
            target="_self"
        > 
            <input
                type="text"
                id="Beginner"
                name="myBeginner"
                value="w3wiki"
                formtarget="_blank"
                formmethod="post"
                formaction="test.php"
            /> 
  
            <input type="submit" /> 
        </form> 
    </body> 
</html>

Output:

HTML formaction Attribute example output

Supported Browsers

The browsers supported by formaction Attribute are listed below:

Tags:

#HTML-Attributes #HTML #Web Technologies

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