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Gurdeep Singh
2,438 Pointswhen do we use value in forms ?
why and when do we use value attribute in form like in username and password field we dont but when working with check box and radio button we use value
1 Answer
Steven Byington
13,584 PointsThis way you can see the value of what the user chose, since they are unable to type out a value like in username and password.
Gurdeep Singh
2,438 Pointsthanks you Steven
Gurdeep Singh
2,438 PointsGurdeep Singh
2,438 Pointswhat i thinks is value is use when we want to send data of user selection to server like
<input type ="radio" name = "gender" value = "male">male in this when any one click the radio of male the value of male is sent to server is i am right ?