UI-Component Sets
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Summary

Tag name: <h:form>
UIComponent class: javax.faces.component.html.HtmlForm
Tag class: org.apache.myfaces.taglib.html.HtmlFormTag
Component type: javax.faces.HtmlForm
Component family: javax.faces.Form
Renderer type: javax.faces.Form
Renderer class: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlFormRenderer

Renders an HTML form element. See Javadoc of JSF Specification

Attributes

Name Type Supports EL? Description
accept String Yes HTML: Provides a comma-separated list of content types that the server processing this form can handle.
acceptcharset String Yes HTML: The list of character encodings accepted by the server for this form.
binding String Only EL Identifies a backing bean property (of type UIComponent or appropriate subclass) to bind to this component instance. This value must be an EL expression.
dir String Yes HTML: The direction of text display, either 'ltr' (left-to-right) or 'rtl' (right-to-left).
enctype String Yes HTML: The content type used to submit this form to the server.
id String Yes An identifier for this particular component instance within a component view.

The id must be unique within the scope of the tag's enclosing NamingContainer (eg h:form or f:subview). The id is not necessarily unique across all components in the current view

This value must be a static value, ie not change over the lifetime of a component. It cannot be defined via an EL expression; only a string is permitted.

lang String Yes HTML: The base language of this document.
onclick String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the element is clicked.
ondblclick String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the element is double-clicked.
onkeydown String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when a key is pressed down over this element.
onkeypress String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when a key is pressed over this element.
onkeyup String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when a key is released over this element.
onmousedown String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is pressed over this element.
onmousemove String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is moved while it is in this element.
onmouseout String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is moves out of this element.
onmouseover String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is moved into this element.
onmouseup String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when the pointing device is released over this element.
onreset String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when this form is reset.
onsubmit String Yes HTML: Script to be invoked when this form is submitted.
rendered boolean Yes A boolean value that indicates whether this component should be rendered. Default value: true.
style String Yes HTML: CSS styling instructions.
styleClass String Yes The CSS class for this element. Corresponds to the HTML 'class' attribute.
target String Yes HTML: Names the frame that should display content generated by invoking this action.
title String Yes HTML: An advisory title for this element. Often used by the user agent as a tooltip.