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document.forms

forms returns a collection (an HTMLCollection) of the <form> elements within the current document.

Syntax

collection = document.forms;

Example: Getting form information

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
<title>document.forms example</title>
</head>

<body>

<form id="robby">
  <input type="button" onclick="alert(document.forms[0].id);" value="robby's form" />
</form>

<form id="dave">
  <input type="button" onclick="alert(document.forms[1].id);" value="dave's form" />
</form>

<form id="paul">
  <input type="button" onclick="alert(document.forms[2].id);" value="paul's form" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

Example 2: Getting an element from within a form

var selectForm = document.forms[index];
var selectFormElement = document.forms[index].elements[index];

Example 3: Named form access

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
<title>document.forms example</title>
</head>

<body>

<form name="login">
  <input name="email" type="email">
  <input name="password" type="password">
  <button type="submit">Log in</button>
</form>

<script>
  var loginForm = document.forms.login; // Or document.forms['login']
  loginForm.elements.email.value = '[email protected]';
  loginForm.elements.password.value = 'testPassword';
</script>


</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'Document.forms' in that specification.	Living Standard
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'Document.forms' in that specification.	Obsolete	Initial definition.

document.forms

Syntax

Example: Getting form information

Example 2: Getting an element from within a form

Example 3: Named form access

Specifications

See also