HTMLFormElement: action property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTMLFormElement.action property represents the action of the <form> element.

The action of a form is the program that is executed on the server when the form is submitted. This property can be retrieved or set.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
form.action = "/cgi-bin/publish";

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-fs-action

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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