HTML | DOM Form enctype Property
The Form enctype property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of the enctype attribute in a form. This attribute specifies the data that will be present in the form should be encoded when submitting to the server. This type of attribute can be used only if method = “POST”.
Syntax:
- It is used to return the enctype property.
formObject.enctype
formObject.enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data, text/plain"
Property Values:
- application/x-www-form-urlencoded: It is the default value. It encodes all the characters before sent to the server. It converts spaces into + symbols and special character into its hex value.
- multipart/form-data: This value does not encode any character.
- text/plain: This value convert spaces into + symbols but special characters are not converted.
Return Value It returns a string value which represent the encoded type of the form data when sending it to the server.
Example 1: This example use getElementById() method to return the enctype property.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> HTML DOM Form enctype Property </title> </head> <body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h2>DOM Form enctype Property</h2> <form action="#" id="GFG" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> First name: <input type="text" name="fname"> <br><br> Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"> <br><br> Address: <input type="text" name="Address"> <br><br> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form> <p> Click on Button to return enctype attribute value </p> <button onclick = "myGeeks()"> Click Here! </button> <p id = "sudo"></p> <!-- Script to return enctype property value --> <script> function myGeeks() { var x = document.getElementById("GFG").enctype; document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Before Click on the Button:
After Click on the Button:
Example 2: This example set the enctype property.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> HTML DOM Form enctype Property </title> </head> <body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h2>DOM Form enctype Property</h2> <form action="#" id="GFG" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> First name: <input type="text" name="fname"> <br><br> Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"> <br><br> Address: <input type="text" name="Address"> <br><br> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form> <p> Click on Button to return the enctype attribute value </p> <button onclick="myGeeks()"> Click Here! </button> <p id="sudo"></p> <!-- Script to set enctype attribute value --> <script> function myGeeks() { var x = document.getElementById("GFG").enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = "The value of the enctype attribute" + " was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Before Click on the Button:
After Click on the Button:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Form enctype property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Firefox 1
- Opera 12.1
- Safari 3
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