Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 639)

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Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
Last updated 6/3/2015
Building ColdFusion forms
Building Spry pages visually
Creating forms tutorial
Styling forms tutorial
Defining sources of dynamic content
Defining sources of dynamic content
Working with the Spry Validation Text Field widget
Working with the Spry Validation Text Area widget
Working with the Spry Validation Select widget
Working with the Spry Validation Checkbox widget
Validate ColdFusion form data
Apply the Call JavaScript behavior
Enhanced HTML5 support for form elements
In line with continued support for HTML5 in Dreamweaver, new attributes have been introduced for some form
elements. In addition, four new HTML5 form elements have been introduced.
You can locate the form elements in the Insert panel. Select Window > Insert. In the Insert panel menu, select Forms.
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Creating Web Forms
New attributes common to form elements
The following new attributes are common to all form elements:
• Disabled: Select this option if you want the browser to disable the element
• Required: Select this option if you want the browser to check if a value has been specified
• Auto complete: Select this option to auto fill values when user enters information in a browser.
• Auto focus: Select this option if you want the focus to be on this element when browser loads the page.
• Read only: Select this option to set the value of the element to read-only.
• Form: Specifies one or more forms to which an element belongs.
• Name: Unique name used to reference the element in the code.
• Place holder: Hint that describes the expected value of an input field
• Pattern: Regular expression against which the element's value is validated.
• Title: Extra information about an element. Displayed as a tool tip.
• Tab Index: Specifies the position of the current element in the tab order for the current document.