Javascript DOM HTML Form action Property set

Introduction

Change the action URL of a form: 

document.getElementById("myForm").action = "/action_page.php";

Click button to change the value of the action attribute in the form element.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<form id="myForm" action="NotWorking.asp">
  First name: <input type="text" name="fname" value="CSS"><br>
  Last name: <input type="text" name="lname" value="HTML"><br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>/* ww w. j  a v a2  s  . c  o  m*/
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("myForm").action = "/action_page.php";
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The value of the action attribute was changed.";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The action property sets or gets the value of the action attribute in a form.

The action attribute specifies where to send the form data when a form is submitted.

Property Values

Value Description
URL Set where to send the form data when the form is submitted.

The action property returns a String representing the URL of where to send the form-data when a form is submitted.




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